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American Chemical Society Midland Section ACS Board Meeting April 6, 2020 Agenda Time Topic Presenter 7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (Feb, Mar) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones 7:10 National Committee Preference

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Midland Section ACS Board Meeting

April 6, 2020

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Agenda

Time Topic Presenter

7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (Feb, Mar) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones 7:10 National Committee Preference Submission Michelle Cummings 7:15 ChemLuminary & National Awards Updates Gina Malczewski 7:25 Upcoming activities Amanda Palumbo Gina Malczewski All 7:40 Chemistry Olympiad Michael Tulchinsky 7:45 2020 Fall Scientific Meeting Anirudha Banerjee 7:55 New Business All 8:00 Adjourn All

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Chair Updates

  • ACS Fellow Nomination – Chris Gerulski

– Executive committee voted to move forward (March 22-25) – 7/8 votes received – all “yay” – Wendell Dilling – primary nominator – Extended submission deadline to April 10

  • Dow R&D library disposing books and journals – postponed until ‘21

– Dow putting together list of items – Need to decide if we want any of the items

  • Henry F. Whalen Award

– Sreeram will be 2020 recipient

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Agenda

Time Topic Presenter

7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (Feb, Mar) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones 7:10 National Committee Preference Submission Michelle Cummings 7:15 ChemLuminary & National Awards Updates Gina Malczewski 7:25 Upcoming activities Amanda Palumbo Gina Malczewski All 7:40 Chemistry Olympiad Michael Tulchinsky 7:45 2020 Fall Scientific Meeting Anirudha Banerjee 7:55 New Business All 8:00 Adjourn All

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ACS Committee on Committees (ConC)

  • 2021 ACS National Committee
  • New enhanced online committee preference form to select and inform

ConC of your committee interest: https://www.yellowbook.acs.org

– Entries accepted: 3/16/2020 – 6/5/2020 – Help: Office of the Secretary at 800-227-5558, ext. 4461

  • Supporting documents sent to board with 4/6 meeting slides

– Summary letter from ACS Secretary Flint Lewis – Yellow Book online user guide – Expertise needed for each society committee

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Agenda

Time Topic Presenter

7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (Feb, Mar) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones 7:10 National Committee Preference Submission Michelle Cummings 7:15 ChemLuminary & National Awards Updates Gina Malczewski 7:25 Upcoming activities Amanda Palumbo Gina Malczewski All 7:40 Chemistry Olympiad Michael Tulchinsky 7:45 2020 Fall Scientific Meeting Anirudha Banerjee 7:55 New Business All 8:00 Adjourn All

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Updates on ChemLuminaries/ Awards

  • All judging is likely completed. CCA entries (56 sections provided nominations):

– Outstanding NCW Event for a Specific Audience 4 – Most Creative NCW Celebration Using the Yearly Theme 9 – Creative & Innovative Use of the CCEW Theme 6 – Outstanding On-Going NCW Event 11 – Outstanding Public Outreach Event Organized by a Student Group 4 – Best NCW Event Organized by a Student Group 4 – Outstanding On-Going CCEW Event 7 – Outstanding Community Involvement in CCEW 5 – Outstanding Community Involvement in NCW 6

  • Questions on Ethics submission
  • National Volunteer of the Year: 40 submissions. Ajay Mallia from GA chosen
  • Salutes to Excellence can still be given without an Awards ceremony—

nominations? (CERM-related? H2OQ?)

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Agenda

Time Topic Presenter

7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (Feb, Mar) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones 7:10 National Committee Preference Submission Michelle Cummings 7:15 ChemLuminary & National Awards Updates Gina Malczewski 7:25 Upcoming activities Amanda Palumbo Gina Malczewski All 7:40 Chemistry Olympiad Michael Tulchinsky 7:45 2020 Fall Scientific Meeting Anirudha Banerjee 7:55 New Business All 8:00 Adjourn All

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Activity Updates & COVID-19

  • April 6 Midland ACS Board Meeting Virtual
  • April 19 Free Public Earth Day Expo from 11 AM – 4 PM at Dow

High Postponed, TBD

– Other Earth Day activities to be discussed by Gina in following slides.

  • April 27 Analytical Chemistry of Michigan’s Hemp & Marijuana

Industry at Central Michigan University Postponed, TBD

  • May 6 Midland ACS Spring Awards Recognition Banquet at Great

Hall Banquet & Convention Center Canceled

– Nominations accepted until April 7 - Diana Deese dkdeese@dow.com

  • r 989-636-9915

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CERM 2020 - https://cerm2020.org/

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At present, Regional meetings are proceeding as planned. From CERM website 4/6/2020

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Changes in ACS Public Events Policy…Earth Day and More

  • ACS (through CCA) is discouraging public events and encouraging

virtual alternatives. New guidelines for the National CCEW Illustrated Poem Contest have been posted at https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/outreach/ccew/plan-an- event/illustrated-poem-contest.html

– All submissions and judging will be virtual – Local contest deadlines are staying the same for now (4/23); teachers can sponsor, but other sponsors like Scout Leaders or Boys & Girls Club coordinators can also facilitate submissions. Contact Michelle Rivard for details.

  • Earth Action Expo (scheduled for 4/19 at Dow High has been postponed; if it

can’t be rescheduled later, independent activities may occur as public health conditions allow. (Examples: volunteering at the recycling center or planting trees)

  • Speakers from 4/19 are being rescheduled for Zoom talks (see following

slides—please JOIN! These will be recorded and posted.

  • Three activity videos have been made & will be posted on website/facebook
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Agenda

Time Topic Presenter

7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (Feb, Mar) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones 7:10 National Committee Preference Submission Michelle Cummings 7:15 ChemLuminary & National Awards Updates Gina Malczewski 7:25 Upcoming activities Amanda Palumbo Gina Malczewski All 7:40 Chemistry Olympiad Michael Tulchinsky 7:45 2020 Fall Scientific Meeting Anirudha Banerjee 7:55 New Business All 8:00 Adjourn All

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Local Exam of the 2020 Chemistry Olympiad Has Been Completed

  • The local exam was held in the last week the schools remain open, March 9-13
  • Nine schools out of eleven mailed the completed answer sheets for grading
  • Professor Michael Coote of SVSU was able to machine grade the tests!
  • Three groups of highest scores are highlighted in the Table, the top score is 42

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No. County High School Teacher Expected students # Actual students # Highest scores (out of 60) 1 Bay John Glenn Sandra Schafer 24 24 31, 23 2 Bay Bay City Western Gwenyth Kieser 21 20 23, 22 3 Gratiot Alma Lisa Parsons 1 Not submitted

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Isabella Mt Pleasant Jason Brown 35 Not submitted

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Isabella Shepherd Rick Cahoon 10 2 17, 16 6 Midland

  • H. H. Dow

Adam Colvin 32 31 42, 27 7 Midland Midland Jeffry Yoder 16 13 30, 27 8 Saginaw Carrollton Shawn Thelen 16 15 23, 19 9 Saginaw Freeland Tom Short 11 9 22, 20 10 Saginaw Heritage Melanie Galonska 16 16 18, 17 11 Saginaw SASA David Allan 60 54 35, 29 Total 241 184 (76%)

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Next Steps

  • Students who take the local test are normally recognized with ACS certificates –

the teachers received blank copies of the certificates to print students’ names

  • The top students will be nominated to the next level
  • We keep receiving guidelines from the National Chemistry Olympiad manager
  • Completion of the Local Exam and selection of students for the National Exam

was extended to April 16

  • The laboratory practical (Part 3) of the National Exam has been canceled
  • The national exam window for Parts 1 and 2 is extended to April 25-May 3
  • Sections are encouraged to make decisions based on local guidelines and their

unique situation

  • We need to use options that would give the students who have worked hard

throughout the year an opportunity to test their knowledge in a safe manner

  • In particular, can we organize this test online?

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Agenda

Time Topic Presenter

7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (Feb, Mar) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones 7:10 National Committee Preference Submission Michelle Cummings 7:15 ChemLuminary & National Awards Updates Gina Malczewski 7:25 Upcoming activities Amanda Palumbo Gina Malczewski All 7:40 Chemistry Olympiad Michael Tulchinsky 7:45 2020 Fall Scientific Meeting Anirudha Banerjee 7:55 New Business All 8:00 Adjourn All

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2020 – Fall Scientific Meeting

Specifics:

  • Meeting Theme: “Sticking with Chemistry”
  • Date: October 10th, 2020
  • Location: Saginaw Valley State University

For Discussion:

  • Budget: Recommend maintaining same budget as last year

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2020 Meeting Meeting Chair Anirudha Banerjee Meeting co-chair Bingbing Li Registration Chair Michelle Cummings Communication Chair Tracy Zhang Poster Presentation Chair Souvagya Biswas Oral Presentation Chair Hyder Aliyar Past Meeting Chair Tom Bekemeier

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Meeting save the date flier

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Call for sponsorship

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Agenda

Time Topic Presenter

7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes (Feb, Mar) Mark Jones 7:05 Chair Updates Mark Jones 7:10 National Committee Preference Submission Michelle Cummings 7:15 ChemLuminary & National Awards Updates Gina Malczewski 7:25 Upcoming activities Amanda Palumbo Gina Malczewski All 7:40 Chemistry Olympiad Michael Tulchinsky 7:45 2020 Fall Scientific Meeting Anirudha Banerjee 7:55 New Business All 8:00 Adjourn All

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Vision Statement: Advancing chemical exploration, inquiry, and practice in the GLBR and beyond.

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Mission Statement: Promote chemistry and improve public perception of science through innovation in research, education and career development for the benefit of our members and partners.