Origin of the ACSVC
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Origin of the ACSVC
• Summer 2011– Forwarded email from Dr. Eileen Perez about
student chapters of the ACS• Fall 2011– Dr. Diego Diaz agreed to be a co-advisor– Investigation of student interest– $500 Starter Grant for ACS Student Chapters at
Two-Year Colleges – Wrote the constitution with ‘founding members’
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Student Interest Survey Results
• What members wanted from the club:– Community service hours– Letters of recommendation– More knowledge/experience in science– Field trips– Guest speakers– Tutoring in chemistry– Internships/lab experience– Fun experiments– Scholarship help
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Business Meetings – 8 to 35 attendees
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Career Exploration Field Trip:Lake Nona Medical City
• UCF College of Medicine– Talk by Robert Larkin, Director of Admissions– Tour of the classrooms, labs, and library
• Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute– Vignettes from various researchers– Tour of the labs
• 9 attendees
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Liquid Nitrogen Fundraiser
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ACSVC Challenges
• Lack of direct access to students• Low participation from students• High turnover of members/officers• Lack of organization– Officers– ICC/student development
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ACSVC Successes
• Recognition as official Valencia College club• 25 members• 8 events in spring 2012– 3 business meetings: bringing in speakers from UCF and
Siemens Energy, making slime– 3 recruitment events with Interclub Council: dry ice
experiments, InChemistry magazines, etc.– career exploration field trip to Lake Nona Medical City– liquid nitrogen ice cream fundraiser
• Recognition as official ACS chapter• Completion of ACS grant
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Atlas Group: American Chemical Society
Facebook: ACS Valencia Chapter
www.acs.org/undergrad and click on “Student Chapters”