By: Stephanie Prosack, Education Assistant
ACS, Graduate & Postdoctoral Scholars Office
Welcome to Philadelphia, the birthplace of America!
This is my first visit to this fine city, and I wish I had
ample time to view the historical and tourist attractions, but I am preoccupied
at the 244th ACS National Meeting. Currently, I am sitting at the
Postdoc to Faculty workshop sponsored by the Graduate & Postdoctoral
Scholars, however this isn’t the only activity GPSO is participating in this
National Meeting; we have plenty more you don’t want to misss.
Let’s start at the beginning of GPSO’s National Meeting
programming in Philly by highlighting some events I am looking forward to attending this meeting. These events, a more, are included in the ACS Grad Grad, a comprehensive collection of activities, symposia, and fun available for grad students and postdocs in Philly-be sure to check it out! For those of you unfamiliar with the Postdoc to Faculty
workshop, this is a two-day competitive event for aspiring chemistry faculty.
Participants receive advice and feedback from established professors to help
improve their chances of landing their first faculty position. A slew of
information is provided to faculty candidates, from teaching pedagogies and
statements to proposal writing. The Postdoc to Faculty workshop is held just
prior to each fall National Meeting, and interested participants can learn more
by viewing www.acs.org/p2f.
Unwind from traveling and attending poster sessions by
attending Double Feature
Movie Night, a free screening of the films, Carbon for Water and The
PhD Movie. A film by Evan Abramson
and Carmen Elsa Lopez, Carbon for Water chronicles
the intentions of a company to distribute more than 900 water filters in
Western Province, Kenya, all entirely funded by carbon credits. The second movie of the night will be Jorge
Cham’s The PhD Movie, based on his
popular comic strip, Piled Higher &
Deeper. Following four graduate students, the film follows their quest for
love, teaching and research completion.
Network with peers and ACS technical division
representatives at the Graduate & Postdoctoral Scholars Reception! Taking
place on Monday, August 20, 2012, this is an excellent opportunity to network
with students and talk with achieved chemists in a relaxing atmosphere. Free
drinks and food will be served, with the chance to win ACS t-shirts and a third
generation iPad 3!
The final event I am looking forward to attending is the Graduate
Student Symposia Planning Committee (GSSPC). This year’s event, The Power Chemistry in Public Health:
Drug Development from the Lab Bench to the Consumer, was planned by
Binghamton University. They will be discussing the work and deliberation which
goes into creating, testing and researching drugs used for public health. The
GSSPC is an all-day symposia planned and hosted by graduate students from a
different institution at each ACS National Meeting. Participants are
responsible for choosing topics, speakers and logistics of their event, and
receive sponsorships from the ACS Graduate & Postdoctoral Scholars Office
and the ACS Division of Chemical Education.
Like, you, my schedule will be packed in Philly! I hope you
will attend one of the aforementioned events. If you will be unable to attend
the fall 2012 National Meeting, don’t worry, the Graduate & Postdoctoral
Scholars Office will be hosting many of the same events at the spring 2012
National Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
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