ChemFaculties 2006 Schedule

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.

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]

Schedule:

Friday, Oct. 20th - all events in Reeve Memorial Union Ballroom
4:00-6:30 pm - Registration, Poster Session, Exhibition
6:30-7:30 pm - Dinner
7:30-9:00 pm - Keynote address: Dr. F. Fleming Crim, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.

Saturday, Oct. 21st - all events in Reeve Memorial Union (various rooms)
7:30-8:30 am - Chair's breakfast & continental breakfast for all attendees
8:30-9:30 am - Speaker: Dr. David Reingold, Juniata College
9:30-9:45 am - Break
9:45-10:45 am - Speaker: Dr. James Spencer, POGIL program representative
10:45-11:00 am - Break
11:00-12:00 - First break out sessions

- Instructional design to accommodate disabilities
- Using response systems (clickers) in classes
- Organic first with D. Reingold
- Active learning with J. Spencer
- Tour of recently renovated chemistry building

12:00-1:30 pm - Lunch/Second break out sessions (round tables)

- Nanophase materials
- Meet with WiSys representative
- Green chemistry
- Assessment of student learning
- Organic first with D. Reingold
- Active learning with J. Spencer