Section & Membership News
New York Section Board of Directors Meetings for 2008
The Board of Directors Meetings for 2008
will be held at the
College of New Rochelle
[ Directions & Parking ]
The meetings will be held in the Student Center of the College
Refreshments are served at 6:15 PM and the meeting begins at 6:45 PM.
These are open meetings.
Date |
Meeting |
Location |
| January 19, 2008 |
Section Wide Conference |
St. John's University, Jamaica, NY |
| February 15, 2008 |
Board of Directors Meeting Download Agenda |
College of New Rochelle |
| March 14, 2008 |
Nichols Symposium and Dinner |
Crown Plaza, White Plains, NY |
| April 18, 2008 |
Board of Directors Meeting Download Agenda |
College of New Rochelle |
| June 6, 2008 |
Board of Directors Meeting |
College of New Rochelle |
| September 12, 2008 |
Board of Directors Meeting |
College of New Rochelle |
| November 14, 2008 |
Board of Directors Meeting |
College of New Rochelle |
The above meetings are open meetings and all are welcome.
If you are not a member of the Board of Directors and wish to attend,
please inform the New York Section office - for refreshment purposes. 516-883-7510 or
MAJOR NYACS EVENTS IN 2008
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January 19, 2008
Annual Section Wide Conference
St. John's University
Bent Hall Room 277
6000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY
March 14, 2008
William H. Nichols Distinguished
Symposium and Medal Award Dinner
honoring Dr. Nadrian C. Seeman
Crowne Plaza Hotel
66 Hale Avenue
White Plains, NY
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COUNCILOR TALKING POINTS
SUMMARY OF GOVERNANCE ACTIONS/REPORTS
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
The following summaries are provided to help councilors report to their local sections and divisions on key actions of the ACS Council and Board of Directors at each of the national meetings.
232nd ACS NATIONAL MEETING
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SEPTEMBER 10-14, 2006
231st ACS NATIONAL MEETING
ATLANTA GA
MARCH 26-30, 2006
230th ACS NATIONAL MEETING
WASHINGTON, DC
AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 1, 2005
229th ACS NATIONAL MEETING
SAN DIEGO, CA
MARCH 13-17, 2005
Dr. Sara Henry McCoy receives the New York Section's
2006 Nichols Foundation High School Chemistry Teacher Award
Congratulations to Dr. Sara Henry McCoy, who was presented with the
2006 Nichols Foundation High School Chemistry Teacher Award at the
annual Section-wide Conference of the New York Section on January
20, 2007 at St. John's University. This award was established in
1958 by Charles W. Nichols, Sr. to recognize highly effective
teaching and inspirational leadership to students in chemistry. It
is presented annually to an outstanding high school chemistry teacher
in the ACS, New York Section.
Dr. Sara McCoy received her BA in chemistry from Hanover College,
Indiana; her MA in physics from the College of William and Mary,
Virginia and a PhD in Science Education from teachers College.
Columbia University. In her forty-four years of teaching, Sara has
taught in ten schools along the East and West Coast of the United
States as she traveled with her husband, who was a Naval Officer.
She taught at the Naval Academy in Newport, as well as, public,
private and independent schools and community colleges. She brought
her diverse experiences to the Collegiate School in New York City,
where she has taught for the past twelve years. The Collegiate
School is an independent school, grades K-12. Sara teaches Chemistry
and AP Chemistry. Her students have participated in the Chemistry
Olympiad and Chemagination. Sara recently brought two posters
created by her Chemagination students to the Middle Atlantic Regional
Meeting and they were first place winners. Sara's students compete
in the New York State Science Olympiad. For the past five years
her students have participated in the State level competition at
West Point and for two years have won the small school award. Thank
you, Sara, for your enthusiasm for chemistry and for encouraging
the creative nature of your students.
Interested in becoming an ACS member? Please go to http://www.acs.org/membership/
If you are already an ACS member and would like to join our Local Section, please call or e-mail us (See Below)
American Chemical Society
New York Section, Inc.
Department of Chemistry
St. John's University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY 11439
Phone 516-883-7510
Fax 516-883-4003
E-Mail Inquiries to our Office Administrator
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