Buchner Bulletin
Seton Hill College
ACS-SA Chemistry Club
Fall 1999

  1. SERVICE
    1. Adopt-A-Highway

      2. As the two year contract to beautify one of Greensburg’s roadways expires, the Club looks forward to renewing their contract and continuing this service for another two years. The Club cleared the 2.5 mile highway near Twin Lakes twice this semester, beginning with the Saturday of Service in early September.

      Volunteers prepare to hit the road!

      (back row left to right: Sr. Susan Yochum, Dr. Bernadette Fondy, Kami Carrera, Christin Hanigan, Nozomi Horio, Luona Slomp front: Amy McCoy, Kimberly Hart)

    2. Alumnae Phone-A-Thon

      3. In a long-standing tradition, Club members called SHC alumnae in an effort to raise money for the College’s Annual Fund.

      Dialing away!!!

      (Club Historian, Demetra Chengelis)
    3. Aquinas Academy

In celebration of National Chemistry Week, Club members taught 8th grade students chemistry experiments such as: Chemistry in a Ziploc Bag, Paper Chromatography, and Magic Paper Towel.

Aiding students with their Ziploc Bags

(Kimberly Hart and Kate Shane work with interested Aquinas students)



Teachers!

(Christin Hanigan, Jillian Eicher, Kim Hart, Ann Marie Staub, Kate Shane, Jessica Conlon)




 II. CLUB SPONSORED ACTIVITIES
    1. Club Fair
      2.

      The Chemistry Club sponsored a table at the annual club fair, hosted by Seton Hill Government Association, (SHGA). The fair served to inform new students, about the various clubs and activities on campus. To entice new members to join, club members performed Chemistry in a Ziploc Bag and Magic Paper Towel.

    2. Mole Day

      3. In celebration of Mole Day, October 23, the club sold cupcakes that spelled out Avagadro’s number, 6.02 X 1023. The club also sponsored a raffle in which people guessed the number of moles of M&M’s contained in a jar. The winner, club vice president, Kami Carrera, won over 1000 M&M’s.

      6.02 X 1023

      (Angela Yurcevich and Ann Marie Staub)


    3. Christmas Party

In celebration of the end of the semester, many club members enjoyed lunch at Dingbats, on December 9.

Angela Yurcevich, Sheetal Patel, Kami Carrera, Emily Matz, Christin Hanigan, Dee Chengelis, Ann Marie Staub, Kate Shane, Jessica Conlon(not in photo: Kim Hart, Susan Yochum, SC)

III. ACS & SACP SPONSORED EVENTS

    1. SACP Student Affiliate Chapter

      2. Jennifer Wilson, Kami Carrera, and Susan Yochum, SC served on the greeting committee for the establishment of the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, SACP, Student Affiliate Chapter.

    2. ACS National Chemistry Week Celebration

    On November 13, members of the club joined the Pittsburgh Section of ACS to celebrate National Chemistry Week at the Carnegie Science Center. The Club joined with many other local schools and organizations such as Bayer Corporation, PPG, SACP, in educating the public about chemistry. During this very successful event, the club presented Chemistry in a Ziploc Bag and Magic Paper Towel to over 2000 visitors.

    NCW Team

    (Front Row) Kate Shane, Emily Matz, Christin Hanigan, Dee Chengelis, Tracey Harshberger(Back Row)Ann Marie Staub, Jessica Conlon, Kim Hart, Michelle Ballard, Kami Carrera

    The Magic Paper Towel Dancers!

    IV. SEMINARS

      1. "Chemistry on the Road" by Jessica Conlon

        2. In culmination of her honors project, Jessica presented her chemistry recruitment program, which targets high school students, to get them interested in chemistry.

      2. "And You Thought Carbon Was Boring!" by Kimberly Barkley-Thompson (’98)

    Kimberly returned to Seton Hill to kick off National Chemistry Week by giving a presentation on her work as a chemist at Calgon Carbon.

    V. New Endeavors

    The Eden Hall Foundation supports the SHC QUEST Program (Quality stUdents Explore Science and Technology) for which 6 club members serve as academic mentors to 7th and 8th grade female participants. The mentors serve students from Greensburg-Salem Middle School and St. James in Wilkinsburg. On December 6, the academic mentors visited St. James to teach the 7th and 8thgrade science classes. Some of the activities included: a teaching day at St. James which involved earthworm dissection and tie-dying T-shirts by chromatography, as well as helping the students prepare their Junior Academy of Science Projects.

    7thGrade enjoy Earthworm Dissection

















    8thGrade-T-Shirt Chromatography









    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

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