Award Ceremony: Excellence in Teaching and Student Scholastic Achievements
Award Ceremony: Excellence in Teaching and Student Scholastic Achievements
Thu, Apr 20, 7:00 PM
Grey Towers Castle • Glenside, PA
$25
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ACS Philadelphia Section Scholastic Achievement Awards Banquet
By ACS Philadelphia Section
When and where
Date and time
Monday, April 15, 2019 · 6 - 9pm EDT
Location
Lathem Hall, Widener University East 13th and Potter Streets Chester, PA 19013
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Description
The ACS Philadelphia Section and Widener University invte you to join us for the ACS Philadelphia Section Student Scholatic Achievement Awards meeting and banquet. This event will be held in Lathem Hall at Widener University and the guest speaker will be Loyd Bastin, PhD, Professor of Chemistry and Coordinator of Undergraduate Research at Widener University.
Loyd's interest are far-reaching. Of note is his commitment to the undergraduate chemistry curriculum, particularly as it relates to green chemistry and sustainability, and undergraduate research. Loyd will deliver a keynote address on discussing the importance of green chemistry and sustainability in the curriculum, on campus, and in the local and global community.
Loyd will discuss "Speaking for the trees: An academic career focused on sustanability education"
Abstract: This lecture will reflect on how making conscious decisions about my teaching innovations, research projects, and academic citizenship/leadership roles has led to a wonderful synergy in my academic life and effected change locally and nationally. After receiving tenure, I sought to find synergy in my teaching, professional development, and citizenship by focusing all three areas on sustainability/green chemistry and undergraduate research. This talk will discuss how teaching green chemistry facilitated the creation of green chemistry research projects and conversations with colleagues in other departments about sustainability led to university-level change and community-based service opportunities. I will also discuss how the projects created an interesting overlap of the three areas that didn’t exist prior to changing my focus to sustainability and undergraduate research projects.
Widener University is located in Chester, Pennsylvania, and is easily accessible from I-95, I-476 and the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Regional Rail Line.
PARKING: Free parking is available for this event at the Widener University 411 Lot. The entrance for the lot is near the corner of East 13th and Upland Streets and is one block away from Lathem Hall. For a campus map, please visit http://bit.ly/2XzbCgf