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News & Announcements News from JCE Take the JCE Survey! JCE is planning for the future, and we want to make sure that our plans align with your requirements and wishes. We are evaluating nearly all aspects of what we do, and we would like to know how you use our offerings. To help us do so, we have commissioned a survey to collect data on who uses JCE, how they use it, and which offerings are ranked as most or least important. Please take a few minutes out of your busy schedule to complete our survey. Doing this will help us continue to offer the chemical education community the world’s premier journal about teaching and learning chemistry. You’ll find the link to our survey on JCE’s Web site: http://www.jce.divched.org/ survey2009/ (accessed Oct 2009). Email Addresses Needed Don’t get lost in the transition to ACS! Starting with the January 2010 issue ACS Publications will begin managing all JCE subscriptions including online access to the Journal. ACS Pubs will be contacting JCE subscribers with new online access codes by email. If you do not have a current email address on file with JCE you will miss this important information. Don’t miss out: as soon as possible, please send your email address and subscriber number (the 5-digit code near the top of your mailing label) to
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ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, sponsored by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution, sponsored by Research Corporation Thomas J. Wenzel, Bates College Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society, sponsored by American Chemical Society Margaret A. Cavanaugh, National Science Foundation James T. Grady–James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public, sponsored by American Chemical Society Ron Seely, Wisconsin State Journal Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry, sponsored by Mallinckrodt Baker Sang-Hee Shim (student), Harvard University; Martin T. Zanni (preceptor), University of Wisconsin– Madison James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching, sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific Jeffrey Hepburn, Central Academy, Des Moines, IA George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, sponsored by Cengage Publishing and American Chemical Society Zafra J. Margolin Lerman, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
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The Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) is currently accepting applications for their 2010 teaching fellowships. KSTF teaching fellowships support individuals with exceptional science or mathematics content knowledge who are committed to teaching high school in the United States. The teaching fellowships are renewable for up to five years and will begin on June 1, 2010. Additional information about the foundation and fellowship applications may be found at http://www.kstf.org/ (accessed Oct 2009). The application deadline is January 13, 2010, at 5 pm EST. Only online submissions will be considered.
The American Chemical Society has announced the winners of its 2010 national awards. Vignettes of all award recipients will appear in Chemical & Engineering News in early 2010. Recipients will be honored at the ACS Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, in conjunction with the 239th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA. ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry, sponsored by Pearson Education Michael R. Abraham, University of Oklahoma ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, sponsored by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Robert L. Lichter, Merrimack Consultants
Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants Program (PCMNCG) The Pittsburgh Conference and its sponsoring societies, the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh and the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, announce the 2010 PCMNCG Award Program. The PCMNCG program is one of many efforts
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News & Announcements by all volunteer Committee members of the Pittsburgh Conference and its sponsoring societies to encourage and support science education at all levels. The program serves as a memorial to deceased members of the Pittsburgh Conference Committee by promoting excellence in science education. With this program, small colleges can enhance their science curricula through grants to purchase equipment and course materials. In 2010, at least $115,000 is available for about twelve awards. Grants will be awarded to small college science departments for the purchase of scientific equipment, audio-visual or other teaching aids, and library materials for use in teaching science at the undergraduate level. The amount requested in each proposal may not exceed $10,000. Funding for the awards is provided by PITTCON, the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, which will be held from February 28 through March 5, 2010, at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. For further information, the 2010 criteria, an application form, and a list of previous awardees, go to http://www.pittcon. org/educational/grants.html (accessed Oct 2009). The deadline for receipt of completed applications and proposals is December 1, 2009. Announcement of the awards will be made during February 2010. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation offers many awards, including the Camille Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar Awards and the Henry Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar Awards Program; see http://www.dreyfus.org/ (accessed Oct 2009). Research Corporation for Science Advancement Research Corporation for Science Advancement offers the Cottrell College Science Awards and the Cottrell Scholar Awards; see http://www.rescorp.org/ (accessed Oct 2009).
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Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities News from the Chemistry Education Digital Libary A Living Chemistry Text: Be a Part of It The ChemPRIME Project is waiting for your contribution! ChemPRIME (Chemical Principles through Integrated Multiple Exemplars), a part of the ChemEd DL, offers an opportunity for scholars in all fields of chemistry and related sciences to collaborate on the creation of an online chemistry textbook that combines the structure of traditional general chemistry with the power of case studies. In this project, we consider existing topics in general chemistry and relate them to other fields—for example, “Chemistry in Geology”, “Chemistry in Culture”, and even “Chemistry in Everyday Life”. Then we expand what might be a single example illustrating the topic into multiple examples (exemplars) that students can relate to. We would like to have contributors who could provide examples of using chemistry in different fields, thus making this textbook more relevant and exciting to students. If you know how chemical principles are applied in geology, environmental or green chemistry, or some other field, we would like to hear from you. Because of its great appeal and facility in creating collaborative resources, we are using wiki technology for the ChemPRIME Project. The backbone is a complete general chemistry text: Chemistry by John W. Moore, William G. Davies, and Ronald W. Collins. The entire text is available as a learning resource for your students, and it has these distinctive characteristics:
• Clicking any link in the table of contents instantly brings you to the content you are interested in viewing as well as all of the associated exemplars from various fields.
• Because the text is editable, new and exciting developments in any field can be added, making it an everchanging textbook.
• You can include resources from the ChemEd DL that may help students understand the material better.
• You can assign students to create exemplars, and we will provide a way for their work to be collected, evaluated, and possibly added to ChemPRIME.
American Chemical Society (ACS) ACS offers grants to support the advancement of the chemical sciences through research, education, and community projects. Learn how you can benefit at http://www.acs.org/ (Home > Funding & Awards > Grants). National Science Foundation (NSF) The NSF offers many different funding opportunities; see http://www.nsf.gov/funding/ (accessed Oct 2009). Information is also available at the NSF Education and Human Resources (EHR) Web site, http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=EHR, and that of its Division of Undergraduate Education, http:// www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DUE (accessed Oct 2009). News & Announcements
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