Commendable Chapter Award for Student ACS Group

Fall 2008: The Bucknell Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS)  group was recently recognized with a Commendable Chapter Award for their 2007-2008 activities.

Congratulations to the two groups of student leaders who share this recognition for their work.  In 2007, Adam Catherman and Greg Manley served as co-presidents, with Greg as treasurer also, Joe Sokol as vice president and Alyson Cobb as secretary.  In 2008, Tara Pederson is serving as president, Mark Sarcone as vice president, Nate Contrella as treasurer, Alyson Cobb as secretary, and Danielle Glick as Public Relations Chair.  Professor Karen Castle serves as the faculty advisor.

Periodic table of cupcakes for National Chemistry Week celebration at Bucknell! (click for hi res)

The 2007-2008 year featured 34 chapter members who participated in numerous departmental service activities, community outreach events, and planned social events.  One example of their work is weekly tutoring for a broad range of chemistry classes.  And one of the major events sponsored by SAACS is organizing a weeklong celebration on campus of National Chemistry Week, featuring the creation of a periodic table of cupcakes among their activities for this week.

In addition, seventeen chapter members presented research at meetings, which were often large national meetings. Chapter members attended not less than 21 chemistry related seminars on Bucknell's campus that year!