Department of Physical Sciences
Lander American Chemical Society
Advisor:
Dr. K. Lisa Brodhacker
lbrodhacker@lander.edu
Co-Advisor:
Dr. Ralph C. Layland
rlayland@lander.edu
ACS Chapter President:
Ankoma Anderson
lander_acs@yahoo.com
Link to the Schedule of Upcoming Events
2008 - 2009 Chapter Officers:
Back Row:
Ankoma Anderson Stephanie
Adams
President Vice-President
Front Row:
Sara Abercrombie Ebony Miller
Treasurer Secretary
Cody Brown
Safety Officer
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The Lander Student Affiliate chapter of the American Chemical Society is primarily set up for science majors but all students are welcome to participate in the chapter's activities. The chapter allows students to become more involved in extracurricular activities and as a way to become better acquainted with the faculty and upper level science students at Lander University. The purpose of the chapter is to supply the students with the knowledge of what chemistry is all about and the opportunities present for chemistry in the real world. Also, the chapter discusses and helps the students identify some of the career opportunities that are available to science majors including academics, industrial and governmental careers.
The student affiliate chapter is involved in many areas in and around the Lander campus. The chapter has three major areas that are concentrated on during the academic year. The areas include service to Lander University and the surrounding Greenwood community, professional development of the students, and social and recreational activities.
Service projects include Habitat for Humanity, litter pickup and cleanup at Lander and in the Greenwood community, blood drives, food drives, Humane Society, and other volunteer opportunities that the students are interested in doing.
Professional development includes chemical industrial plant tours (FUJI, Solutia, etc.), chemistry demonstrations at Lander and local elementary and high schools, judging science fairs in the community, and attending meetings of the Western Carolina chapter of the American Chemical Society which includes seminars by invited speakers and dinners at other universities in SC and NC.
Social and recreational activities are intended to provide the students with the opportunities to get together with faculty members on an informal basis and to provide interactions between all students in a relaxed atmosphere. These include white-water rafting trips, camping, several potluck lunches and dinners during the academic year, end of the semester picnics at Lake Greenwood, intramural sports at Lander, and meetings at Lander.
There is a tradition of excellence for the Lander University's Student Affiliate Chapter of the American Chemical Society (SAACS). It has once again proved that it has "the right stuff" by being classified as outstanding within a national group of its peers. Student Affiliate chapters are evaluated at the end of every academic year and the top chapters in the country are selected to receive awards. The Society's Committee on Education annually selects individual chapters to receive special recognition on the basis of their programs and activities. Awards are classified as Outstanding, Commendable, and Honorable Mention. There are over 980 chapters in the United States and approximately 20 % are recognized for achievement every year. Approximately 4% or 40 out of the over 980 chapters are recognized as Outstanding each year. Lander's chapter has been recognized as Outstanding 16 times in the past 25 years while receiving an award each year.
Lander's 2007 - 2008 chapter president, Chris Vaughn, and faculty advisor, Dr. Ralph Layland, asociate professor of chemistry, along with the other members of the Lander University student affiliate chapter, will be honored March 22, 2009, at the Student Affiliates Chapter Awards program at the 237 th American Chemical Society's National Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT for their achievement.
Lander's chapter of SAACS is currently one of the most honored in the nation. Since its inception in 1983, Lander University has received 16 Outstanding awards, 6 Commendable awards, and 3 Honorable Mentions while receiving an award each year.
Student Affiliate Chapters are a wonderful idea. The students benefit, the University benefits, the community benefits, and the local industry benefits.
SAACS at LANDER a TRADITION of EXCELLENCE
2007-2008 OUTSTANDING
2006-2007 Outstanding
2005-2006 Outstanding
2004-2005 Outstanding
2003-2004 Outstanding
2002-2003 Outstanding
2001-2002 Outstanding
2000-2001 Outstanding
1999-2000 Outstanding
1998-1999 Outstanding
1997-1998 Outstanding
1996-1997 Honorable Mention
1995-1996 Honorable Mention
1994-1995 Commendable
1993-1994 Honorable Mention
1992-1993 Commendable
1991-1992 Outstanding
1990-1991 Commendable
1989-1990 Commendable
1988-1989 Commendable
1987-1988 Outstanding
1986-1987 Outstanding
1985-1986 Outstanding
1984-1985 Outstanding
1983-1984 Commendable
Last modified: 25 Seotember 2008 by Dr. Ralph Layland
Contact: rlayland@lander.edu
