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This year's meeting is scheduled for:
4: 00 PM Friday, October 20 - 1:45 PM Saturday, October 21, 2006
at Reeve Union on the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Campus.

UW Oshkosh is located in Oshkosh, WI (pop. ~63,000) at the intersection of the Fox River and Lake Winnebago. "Oshkosh on the Water" is known for excellent recreational fishing and boating, and as the headquarters of the Experimental Aircraft Association.

The Department of Chemistry is located on the fourth floor of Halsey Science building. Renovations in 2000-2002 resulted in updated teaching laboratories and customized spaces for research.

Instructions for driving to Campus may be found here. Parking instructions are provided on the campus map.

Images from around Campus and Town.

Featured Speakers:

Dr. F. Fleming Crim (UW Madison), Vice Chair of the ACS Committee on Professional Training, will talk about revisions to the ACS Guidelines for Undergraduate Chemistry Programs. Dr. Crim received the 2006 Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[Abstract]

Dr. David Reingold (Juniata College) will describe "organic-first" curricula. Dr. Reingold, the author of a text designed for organic first curricula, is an active member of CUR (Council on Undergraduate Research) and Chair of his department. [Abstract]

Dr. James Spencer (Franklin and Marshall College) will present the NSF-supported POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) project. Dr. Spencer is co-author on a number (1, 2, 3) of chemistry texts that incorporate research-based pedagogical techniques. He is the 2005 recipient of the Pimentel Award in Chemical Education and the 1999 ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution. He is also a founding member of CUR. [Abstract]