In today’s installment of “Trying way too hard for a catchy headline”, we bring you either an intro or a refresher about the Science Coaches program, a joint outreach initiative of ACS and the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT). This is for those of you who (a) heard of it and meant to or […]
Ah, youth! As we get solidly into the Dog Days of summer and most normal people think “beach”, “recliner”, “hammock”, our Younger Chemists have a counter-proposal: “Hell no, we won’t slow!” Check out these summertime events, in chronological order. But start checking now, because the first two are, like, soon. 1. CV/Resume Workshop Thursday, June
Every spring, the last UMSL seminar of the academic year honors outstanding student accomplishment in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Awards and scholarships are presented to undergraduate and graduate students, and an outstanding UMSL alumnus is asked to speak, especially describing where he has gone since UMSL. This year, the honoree was Dr Eric
The third and final coaching workshop for the Spring was held on April 14, once again with 20+ attendees and engaging discussions. We started with a presentation from Samina Azad on interviewing and how to convince the hiring team that you are the right fit for their role and organization. We also talked about salary
Greetings St Louis Local Section Members! Here is an update on the “Graduating Undergrad” coaching workshops. We successfully completed the February and March workshops with 20+ attendees from SIUE, UMSL, SLU, Maryville, and Principia. At the February workshop, ACS Career Consultant Lisa Balbes gave several important tips on résumé writing and how to prepare for
St Louis Local Section Councilor Donna Friedman, just back from in front of her computer screen, where the national Council Meeting was hosted virtually, has provided us with the Councilor Talking Points (CTP) summary of Council and Board actions. Herewith an executive summary of the summary, a curated selection of topics that might be of
Everyone’s most anticipated annual article has appeared in the February 1 Chemical & Engineering News. The 2020 salary survey, formally titled, “What US chemists made before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2020 ACS salary survey,” features pretty good pre-pandemic chemical employment news. The nicest tidbit: unemployment among those responding to the survey dropped to
The normally festive Continuity Dinner had to take a back seat to COVID-19 this year. We did the best we could via Zoom to maintain the special traditions of this last-meeting-of-the-year. Although most of the attendees already knew most of the other attendees, we started with a round of self-introductions, from Ackerman to Znosko (though
Some of you may remember Shelley Minteer, who served in the Section Chair succession in [looking it up] 2009-2011. She was on the faculty at Saint Louis University, and left to take a new position at the University of Utah. Some others of you may know that the American Chemical Society is launching a suite
No surprise, certainly, but the annual fancier-than-usual Continuity Dinner that normally coincides with the December Board of Directors meeting …. Yeah, no. We’ll be Zoom-ing instead. Regular attendees will receive an invitation a few days in advance of the scheduled December 10th meet, and RSVPers will get a link to the Zoom room on the
