Month: October 2019

Angelo State University - Midland College - Unversity of Texas Permian Basin

255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans

October 22, 2019 by

March, 2018

At the 255 th ACS National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans, LA, March 18 – 22, 2018, our ACS student chapters received awards from the ACS Committee on Education for the chapters’ activities during the 2016-17 academic year. Midland College ACS student chapter received an Outstanding Award and Angelo State University chapter received a Commendable Award. The University of Texas of the Permian Basin ACS student chapter received an Honorable Mention. Both Midland College and Angelo State University chapters received a Green Chemistry Award for outreach activities. Continue to read about the presentations and see the photo gallery.

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Girl Scouts of Texas STEM Conference

October 22, 2019 by

March 7, 2015

Angelo State University hosted the Girl Scouts of Central Texas STEM Conference on Saturday, March 7, 2015. The conference is put on to nurture girls’ interest in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Girls attended four workshops presented by engineers, ASU, and Howard College STEM professors. The event concluded with a Science Demonstration in which students from the ACS and the Society of Physics alternated doing chemistry and physics demonstrations. Dr. Kathryn Louie organized the workshop “The Chemistry of Art” and was assisted by students Lacey McMurtry, Valerie Alcala, and Janet Gonzalez. Continue to see the photo gallery.

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Art and Science Family Day at SAMFA

October 22, 2019 by

April 11, 2015

Angelo State University (ASU) chemistry students and faculty hosted an Art and Science Family Day on Saturday, April 11, at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. There were several tables set up with presentations about the connections between science and art. Visitors had a chance to learn about ceramics, fossils, 3D printing, and make a necklace containing a sample of their DNA. Dr. Kathryn Louie, with an early jump on Chemists Celebrate Earth Day, oversaw the Chromatography Butterfly table in the Education Studio at the museum. All who stopped by were provided opportunities to create other pieces of art.

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