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April 16, 2012
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in this issue:
Annual Awards Meeting
Undergraduate Poster Session
50 and 60 Year Members
Outstanding Undergraduate Chemistry Majors
Nominations Being Sought
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ANNUAL AWARDS MEETING

 

Thursday April 26, 2012
Ministers Hall
Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC

  

5:00  - 5:30  p.m.  Set up Posters in Minister's Hall on Claflin Campus
5:30  - 6:15  p.m.  Social Hour & Poster Session
6:15  - 6:45 p.m.   Dinner (see menu below)
6:45  - 7:15 p.m.   Presentation of Awards
7:15  - 8:00 p.m.   Featured Speaker: Dr. Mike Angel, SC Chemist of the Year
 

Mike Angel

Dr. Mike Angel

SC Chemist of the Year 2012

 

 

Various awards will be presented and we will hear a presentation by the South Carolina Chemist of the Year Mike Angel of the University of South Carolina Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. 

 

The evening will also feature an undergraduate research poster session, presentation of 50 year and 60 year service awards, and recognition of past section chairs.

 

 

 

Please RSVP by April 23 to: Dr. Angela Peters   [email protected] 

803.535.5304     Directions to Claflin may be found below.

   

MENU: Fried Fish, Dinner Rolls, Sweet Potato Pie, Garden Salad w/ Dressing, Vegetable Stir Fry, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Cookies, Red Rice, Sweet Tea/ Water
 
 

REGISTRATION COST INCLUDES SOCIAL HOUR AND DINNER
$20.00:   ACS Members and Other Professionals
$10.00:   Students and Student Affiliates
Free:      Active High School Chemistry Teachers
Free:      Award Recipients 
    

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Undergraduate Poster Session

Poster Session

 

 

Each year at the awards meeting we host an undergraduate research poster session.  Please submit a registration form to Angela Peters by April 19.  Posters should conform to standard ACS formatting.

 

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Calling All Past Section Chairs

 

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At our annual awards meeting on April 26 we would like to honor our past section chairs.  A list may be viewed of all past section chairs as well as other past executive committee members by clicking on this link

 

 

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Congratulations to our Fifty and Sixty Year Members
Chemistry is for Life

50 Year Members

James Huey Curtis, Cayce

Keith Dodson, Hilton Head

Michael Gibson, Blythewood

Roy Hartz, Columbia

Sylvia Knight, Columbia,

Loren Clare  McBride, Surfside Beach

Gunars Vitolins, Mount Pleasant

Jih Ming Wang, Columbia

 

60 Year Members

Wesley Taylor, Jr., Hilton Head

Richard Wilhite, Camden 

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OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE

CHEMISTRY / BIOCHEMISTRYMAJORS

 FOR 2012

 

Each college and university within the section is invited to select an outstanding undergraduate chemistry (or biochemistry ( major) to be recognized by the South Carolina Section.  The student must have at least a 3.5 GPA.  Any other selection criteria and the selection process are left up to the discretion of each institution.  They each will receive a certificate and a copy of the Merck Index, courtesy of the Merck Company.  This year's honorees are:

 

JOSHUA EDWARDS                             The Citadel

DESTINE'I A TILLER                             Claflin University

KEVIN DYER                                         Coastal Carolina University

ANDREW KHALIL                                 College of Charleston

SUZANNE ELIZABETH CAMPBELL       Columbia College

ARIELLE S. ORRIDGE                           South Carolina State University

JACQUELINE RENEE CANTWELL         University of South Carolina

 
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DIRECTIONS TO CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY 

 

From Columbia:  I-26 East toward Charleston to Exit 145 (US 601 South).  US 601 South approximately 5-6 miles into Orangeburg.  Claflin is on the left.


From Charleston:  I-26 West toward Columbia to Exit 154 (US 301 South).  US 301 South to Orangeburg to intersect US 601.   US 601 North for a short distance.  Claflin is on the right.


From Florence:  I-95 South to Exit 97 (US 301 South).  US 301 South to Orangeburg to intersect US 601.  US 601 North for a short distance.  Claflin is on the right.


From Sumter:  US 15 South to I-95.  I-95 South to Exit 97 (US 301 South).  US 301 South to Orangeburg to intersect US 601.   US 601 North for a short distance.  Claflin is on the right.

 

 
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Nominations Being Sought 
 

Uncle Sam The South Carolina Section Needs You!

 

 

The section is soliciting nominations for officers.  In the fall we will elect a chair-elect, secretary, treasurer, councilor, and alternate councilor. Nominate someone you know or nominate yourself! All nominees must be members of the American Chemical Society.  Please contact one of the members of the Executive Committee for more information.

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SC-ACS OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION (2012)

Terms of office are for one (1) year beginning 1 January 2012 and ending 31 December 2012, except where otherwise indicated.

   

CHAIR: ANGELA PETERS, Dept of Chemistry, Claflin University, Orangeburg,

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

  

CHAIR-ELECT:  DANIEL J. ANTION, 135 Deliesseline Drive. Cayce, SC 2903

V: 803-796-7428   email:  [email protected]                        

 

SECRETARY-TREASURER, NEWSLETTER EDITOR, AND WEBMASTER:  JIM DEAVOR, School of Sciences and Mathematics College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424   V:  843-953-8095  FX:  843-953-7140   email:  [email protected]     

               

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

 V: 843-884-6939  FAX: 843-953-1404  email:  [email protected]   Term:1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2013

 

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

 V: 803-777-2601  FAX: 803-777-9521  email:  [email protected]      Term: 1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2012

  

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

 V: 803-777-2646  FAX: 803-777-9521  email:  [email protected]   Term:1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2013

 

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

V: 803-796-7428   email:  [email protected]          Term: 1 Jan 2010- 31 Dec 2012