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South Carolina Section of the
American Chemical Society
  
October 17, 2011
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"Chemistry- Our Health, Our Future!"
October 16-22, 2011

National Chemistry Week

 

NCW

 

 

National Chemistry Week (NCW) is an annual event held to raise public awareness of the importance of chemistry in everyday life. NCW is a community based program that unites ACS local sections, businesses, schools, and individuals in communicating the importance of chemistry to our quality of life.

 

More than 10,000 volunteers and dozens of chemical companies donate their time, creativity, materials and funds for NCW each year, and reach many millions of Americans via print, radio, television, and the internet, as well as in person.

 

National Chemistry Day, first celebrated in 1987 by members of the ACS, educators and other individual volunteers, was a vision of the former ACS President Dr. George C. Pimentel. His goal was for ACS to hold a simultaneous event nationwide to impress on the public the importance of chemistry in everyday life. The first celebration was kicked off with a parade down the streets in Washington, D.C.

 

In 1989 the celebration was expanded to a biannual full-week event, and in 1993 National Chemistry Week became an annual celebration.

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Upcoming Events

 

Next Section Meeting: November 17 4 p.m. College of Charleston (202 Calhoun St.)

Speaker: Dr. Paul Lindahl, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University "Biophysical Probes of Iron Metabolism and Trafficking in Cells"

 

The Virginia Section will host the SERMACS meeting in the historic Shockoe Slip of  Richmond at the Omni Hotel from October 26 - 29, 2011.

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SC-ACS OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION (2011)

Terms of office are for one (1) year beginning 1 January 2011 and ending 31 December 2011, except where otherwise indicated.

   

ACTING CHAIR/CHAIR - ELECT: ANGELA PETERS, Dept of Chemistry, Claflin University, Orangeburg,

SC 29115 V:  803-535-5447  FX:  803-535-5776    email:  [email protected] 

 

SECRETARY-TREASURER :  JIM DEAVOR, Dept of Chem and Biochem, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424   V:  843-  953-5587  FX:  843-953-1404   email:  [email protected]     

               

COUNCILOR : WILLIAM H. BREAZEALE, JR., 715 High Battery Circle, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

 V: 843-884-6939  FX: 843-953-1404  email:  [email protected]   Term:  1 Jan 11 - 31 Dec 13

 

COUNCILOR L SCOTT R. GOODE, Dept of Chem and Biochem, Univ of SC, Columbia, SC 29208

 V: 803-777-2601  FX: 803-777-9521  email:  [email protected]               Term:  1 Jan 10 - 31 Dec 12

 

ALT COUNCILOR:  DANIEL J. ANTION, 135 Deliesseline Drive. Cayce, SC 2903

V: 803-796-7428   email:  [email protected]                        Term:  1 Jan 10 - 31 Dec 12

 

ALT COUNCILOR :  JOHN FERRY Dept of Chem and Biochem, Univ of SC, Columbia, SC 29208

 V: 803-777-2646  FX: 803-777-9521  email:  [email protected]     Term:  1 Jan 11 - 31 Dec 13