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FEBRUARY MEETING

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Sharonville Convention Center

In Honor of the Chemist of the Year and the Research Associate of the Year

Featured Speaker:

Professor Mike Novak, Chemist of the Year

Department of Chemistry, Miami University

Why You Should Care about Arylnitrenium and Aryloxenium Ions

Register Online: Please register online HERE. Alternatively, you may email the webmaster at webmaster@acscincinnati.org to register.  Registration will close at noon on Monday, February 6.

http://registration.acscincinnati.org/

Program:

5:30 – 7:00 pm: Registration

6:00 – 7:00 pm: Social Hour

7:00 – 8:00 pm: Dinner. ($25.00 or $15.00 for students, emeritus, unemployed & new members). Menu: Chicken Parmesan, Bowtie Pasta with Roasted Vegetables and Marinara, Caesar Salad, Fresh Vegetable Medley, Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Chocolate Mouse Cake.

8:00 – 9:00 pm: Speaker, Professor Mike Novak

Directions to Meeting Venue:

From the North: Take I-75 South to the Sharon Road Exit (#15). Turn right on Sharon Road. Go one block to Chester Road and turn right. The Convention Center is located ½ mile on the left.

From the South: Take I-75 North to the Sharon Road Exit (#15). Turn left on Sharon Road. Go one block to Chester Road and turn right. The Convention Center is located ½ mile on the left.

Additional directions and information about the Sharonville Convention Center can be found here:  http://sharonvilleconventioncenter.com/parking-directions/driving-directions/

The Cincinnati local section of the American Chemical Society is looking for a volunteer who is willing to serve as webmaster for the section.  The duties of the webmaster include updating the website, administering the meeting registration system, and sending announcement emails to the section.

If you are interested in serving as the webmaster, please send an email to webmaster@acscincinnati.org.

The Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society has funds available for the purpose of improving K-12 chemical education in the geographic area served by the local section (OH: Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and Warren counties; KY: Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties; IN: Dearborn and Ohio counties). The Educational Grants Committee was established to make recommendations to the Cincinnati Section Trustees for the disbursement of these funds. The committee hereby invites applications for these grants from all members (teachers, students, industrial chemists, etc.) of the chemical community supporting K-12 chemical education in the service area of the section.

Grants will be awarded for such activities as attending educational workshops, participation in summer research programs, innovative education programs, instructional equipment, etc. Proposals, which incorporate the use of funds from other agencies or corporations, including the agency, or corporation, with which the applicant is affiliated, may be given preference in the selection process. Funds will generally not be awarded for the purchase of common supplies or chemicals. However, any application, which meets the basic criteria for which the fund was created, will be given serious consideration. A total of $1,500 will be awarded during each grant period; exceptional proposals may win the entire amount, or the amount could be shared between several winning applications. Grants for K-12 educators to attend scientific or scientific educational conferences may usually limited to $400 and usually are only available to an educator every three years, with preference going to educators presenting papers. No school or organization will be allowed to receive more than one (1) award per calendar year. Within one year from the time the grant is awarded, a report describing the use of the funds and the impact that the project had on improving chemical education is expected to be forwarded to the committee chairperson, Ms. Gloria Story.

Colleges and Universities may apply in late December for one of four individual $400 grants to be used to defray the cost of UNDERGRADUATE students to attend the Spring ACS National Meeting. The student for which the grant applies must be the first author and presenter. A copy of the accepted ACS abstract should be sent to Ms. Gloria Story via email. Normal submission of the abstract to the National ACS is sometime in November of the year preceding the spring meeting. If less than four institutions submit requests, an attempt to evenly distribute the grants between the remaining institutions is implemented.

For further information or an application, please visit the Cincinnati Section’s website, http://www.acscincinnati.org/ or contact:

Gloria Story

The Procter and Gamble Co.

8700 Mason-Montgomery Rd.

Mason, OH 45040

Phone: 513-698-4912

E-mail: story.gm@pg.com

Educational Grant Information (.pdf)

Educational Grant Application (.pdf)

Cincinnati Local ACS Section Officers for 2011-2012

Chair: Rich Mullins (mullinsr@xu.edu)

First Vice Chair and Chair Elect: Elizabeth Reno (reno.ea@pg.com)

Second Vice Chair: Diana McGill (MCGILL@nku.edu)

Secretary: Hong Zhang (hongzhangatl@gmail.com)

Treasurer: Ed Hunter (hunterj3@xavier.edu)

Auditor: Adam Bange (Bangea1@xavier.edu)

Trustee: Victor Arredondo (arredondo.vm@pg.com)

Alternate Counselor: Dan McLoughlin (mcloughlin@xavier.edu)