Volunteer Opportunities at Sacramento School of Engineering and Sciences
The Sacramento School of Engineering and Sciences (SES) is a combination middle/high school located in the Pocket area in South Sacramento. They need speakers for Friday lunch times beginning in November to talk about their journey from student to science or engineering career, as well as mentors for high school senior projects. Questions? Contact Cindy Castronovo, who represents the ACS Sacramento Section on the SES Advisory Board,...
ACS Fellows Installed
Two members of the Sacramento Section were honored as 2014 ACS Fellows during the recent ACS National meeting in San Francisco. Both are members of the UCDavis Chemistry Department. Debbie Decker, Chemical Officer of the UCD Chemistry department, was honored for her years of service to the safety community including her current position as chair elect of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety. Marilyn Olmsted, Chemistry...
Jan Hayes Celebrates 40 Years of service on the ACS Council
During the ACS Council meeting at the San Francisco National meeting, Jan Hayes, Sacramento Section Councilor, was one of three members honored for 40 consecutive years of active service on the Council. Thirty-seven of those years have been as the Councilor from the Sacramento Section and 3 years as a member of the ACS Board of Directors. The ACS Council is the legislative body for the Society. Dr. Hayes has been an active Council...
Mentor Training: Science Project Mentoring Program
Mentor training for science and engineering professionals will be offered Tuesday September 30 from 12-1pm on the first floor of the Cal EPA Building at 1001 I Street. Mentors will then advise 7th-11th grade students as they plan and compete their projects for school and regional science fairs. Here is the complete flyer: Announcement-Sept Mentor Training-CalEPA_25Sep14 If interested, please contact Patrick Wong at 916-323-1505...
ACS Travel Grant Award Winners
The Sacramento local section initially decided to offer two $250 travel grant awards for the 248th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco in August. However, we had such a great response to our call for applications that we decided to offer four awards. Thank you to everyone who applied, and congratulations to our winners! Graduate Students: Tobias Sherbow, UC Davis Nicholas Ball-Jones, UC Davis Irina Dotsenko, University of the...