News from Journal House

JCE at 18th BCCE

JCE will take part in a variety of activities at the 18th BCCE to be held at Iowa State University from July 18–22, 2004. Here is a brief description; for fuller information about these or for information about the conference itself, go to the conference Web site (accessed Apr 2004).

• Home base for JCE, the Division of Chemical Education, and the Exams Institute will be Booths 11 and 12 in the Exhibits area in Scheman Building. The booth will be open Monday: 9:15 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. and again from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.; Tuesday: 9:15 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday: 9:15 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
• Symposium: Digital Libraries in Chemical Education I and II. The organizers are John Moore (Editor, JCE) and Jon Holmes (Editor, JCE Online). Both lead JCE’s National Science Digital Library (NSDL) grant and activities. Session I is Tuesday morning, July 20, from 9:25 a.m. until noon; Session II is Tuesday afternoon from 1:30–4 p.m.
• Workshop W25: What Are JCE Classroom Activities? The workshop will be led by Erica Jacobsen (editor of the Classroom Activities feature) and Diana Mason (Secondary School Section editor). Monday, July 19, 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
• Birds-of-a-Feather Session: Getting Published: The Journal of Chemical Education. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss their ideas for JCE articles with John Moore (editor, JCE) and Diana Mason and Erica Jacobsen (JCE Secondary School Section editors). Date and time to be announced.
• Workshop W53: Setting up a Weblog to Facilitate Peer-to-Peer and/or Student Interaction Online. Ed Fedosky, JCE staff. Tuesday, July 20, 2–5 p.m.
• Ice Cream Social. This popular event has become a BCCE tradition! It is sponsored by 2YC₃ and JCE—and unofficial reports indicate that members of these organizations may be dipping the ice cream! Wednesday, July 21, beginning at 8:20 p.m. at C. Y. Stephens Auditorium, following the Closing Ceremony.

Also of interest is the symposium, Getting Published: A Panel Discussion with Editors from Key Journals on Wednesday, July 21, from 1:30 until 4 p.m. in Benton Auditorium. Participants and the publications they represent are:

John Gilbert, International Journal of Science Education;
Brian Hand, Journal of Research in Science Teaching;
John Moore, Journal of Chemical Education;
Mary Nakhleh, Chemical Educator;
Jon Holmes, Journal of Chemical Education Software;
Kent Crippen, Journal of Science Education and Technology.

Award Deadlines

Dreyfus Foundation

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation announces new eligibility criteria for the 2004 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award Program. The program supports and encourages young scholars who represent excellence in both academic research and teaching.

Recommendations for awards are based on the reviewers being convinced that the nominee, as an independent faculty member, has significant research accomplishments with undergraduates and will continue to produce a body of scholarship of outstanding quality. The nomination must present evidence of excellence in, dedication to, and innovation in undergraduate education in the chemical sciences. Nominees must hold a full-time tenure-track academic appointment. The new eligibility criteria state that nominees must be between the fourth and twelfth years of their independent academic careers. Awardees are typically in departments that do not grant a doctoral degree. This award provides a research grant of $60,000. Current application procedures and lists of past recipients are at the Foundation Web site. All application materials must be received at the Foundation office by June 24, 2004.

Awards Announced

NSTA 2004 Teacher Award Program

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has announced the winners of its 2004 Teacher Award Program. The awards were presented in April 2004 at the NSTA National Convention in Atlanta.

Robert H. Carleton Award, sponsored by Dow Chemical

• Gerald Skoog, College of Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

NSTA Distinguished Teaching Award

• Tom Lough, College of Education, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
• Kenneth S. Sajwan, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Exemplary High School Science Teaching and Principal Awards

• Joan Anna Christen, Science Instructor, Beatrice High School, Beatrice, Nebraska
• Eddie Mitchell, Principal, Baldwin County High School, Bay Minette, Alabama

Delta Education/CPO Science Award for Excellence in Inquiry-Based Science Teaching—High School

• Margaret Holzer, Earth Science Teacher, Chatham High School, Chatham, New Jersey

Gustav Ohaus Awards for Innovations in Science Teaching

• Mario Godoy-Gonzalez, ELL/Bilingual/Science Program, Royal High School, Royal City, Washington

Vernier Technology Awards

High School

• Michael Farmer, Science Teacher, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville, South Carolina
• Eric Muhs, Physics Teacher, Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Washington
• Edward Wyrembeck, Physics and Calculus Teacher, Howards Grove High School, Howards Grove, Wisconsin

College

• Michael Columbia, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University/Purdue University–Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana

A complete list of the NSTA teacher awards and the 2004 award winners may be found at the NSTA Web site (accessed Apr 2004).

AIC Gold Medal

The American Institute of Chemists (AIC) and the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) will present the 2004 AIC Gold Medal to Carl Djerassi. First awarded by the AIC in 1926, the Gold Medal is the organization’s highest award. It recognizes service to the science of chemistry and to the profession by a chemist or chemical engineer in the United States. The award ceremony will be part of Heritage Day festivities at CHF in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, June 17, 2004.

Nevada Regents’ Teaching Award

John Clevenger, a professor of chemistry since 1980 at Truckee Meadows Community College, has been awarded the Nevada Regents’ Teaching Award. The award is given annually by the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada to a faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching.

In 1992 Clevenger was among the first group of faculty from community colleges to serve as a program director at the National Science Foundation. He is chair during 2004 of the ACS Division of Chemical Education (CHED).

Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities

Examinations Workshop at BCCE

If you are a high school teacher interested in seeing how ACS DivCHED exams relate to standards for high school chemistry, there’s a workshop at the BCCE that’s for you. The workshop, “ACS Exams and Meeting State Standards for High School Chemistry” will be held on Sunday, July 18, with Thomas Holme, Exams Institute Director, and Laura Slocum, Chair of the High School Exam Committee, serving as facilitators. Learn how ACS exams are constructed to match national standards and explore how they reflect your own state standards in this half-day workshop. More information about this and other workshops associated with BCCE is available at the conference Web site (accessed Apr 2004).

CUR2004 Meeting—Crossing Boundaries: Innovations in Undergraduate Research

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will celebrate its 25th anniversary at its 10th National Conference, CUR 2004, to be hosted by the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse from June 23–26, 2004. This conference will bring together faculty, administrators, policy makers, representatives of funding agencies, and other stakeholders with an interest in doing and promoting undergraduate research. The conference will feature four plenary sessions on current challenges in undergraduate research and over 100 workshops and discussions groups to share successful models and strategies for establishing and institutionalizing undergraduate research programs. Of special interest to chemists will be several workshops on the outcomes of a summit supported by the National Science Foundation in August 2003 to examine the issues involved in undertaking and sustaining chemistry research at primarily undergraduate institutions. For conference program and registration information, visit the CUR Web page (accessed Mar 2004).

Free NSF-Sponsored Workshops

The NSF-sponsored Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences (CWCS) offers workshops designed for faculty and staff with instructional responsibilities at the undergraduate level at universities, colleges, and community colleges. Workshops are designed to provide a background and modern perspective on topics in the chemical sciences and include hands-on activities to introduce these topics into the college curriculum. Registration, housing, and a per diem for food are provided at no cost to participants. There are still a number of openings for new participants in the following workshops:

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  University of Georgia, Athens: June 20–25, 2004
• Polymer Chemistry
  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta: June 20–25, 2004
• Modern Biomolecular Crystallography I
  California State University, Fullerton: June 27–July 1, 2004
• Molecular Genetics and Protein Structure and Function
  University of Hawaii, Hilo: July 11–16, 2004
• Solid Phase Synthesis and an Introduction to Combinatorial Chemistry
  Wright State University, Dayton, OH: August 1–6, 2004
• Practical Aspects of Process Analytical Chemistry
  January 2005

Further information about CWCS, descriptions of individual workshops, and an application form are available at this Web site (accessed Mar 2004).

19th National Educators’ Workshop

The 19th annual National Educator’s Workshop (NEW: Update 2004) will be held October 17–20, 2004. The NEW workshops provide educators with useful laboratory experiments and classroom demonstrations. This year’s workshop highlights these themes:

• biologically inspired materials and devices
• nanomaterials and applications
• strategies for integrating nano/bio science and technology into education
• experiments and demonstrations for engineering, technology, and science
• enhancing enrollments and retention in technical education

The 2004 workshop is being hosted by Arizona State University and Phoenix area industries. The program will consist of plenary talks; small-group workshops; observing, evaluating, and obtaining classroom demonstrations and lab experiments; and interacting with fellow educators and industrial specialists. There is also a student poster competition that is open to undergraduate and graduate college students.

For registration information contact Jim Jacobs, NEW: Update 2003, School of Science and Technology, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504-8060; phone: 757/823-8109. Current workshop information is available at this Web site (accessed May 2004).

Proposal Deadlines National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) The following NSF deadlines have been established or are anticipated. Course, Curriculum, & Lab. Improvement (CCLI) Formal Proposals ND Track (National Dissemination) June 16, 2004 EMD Track (Educ. Materials Dev.) June 17, 2004 A&I Track (Adapt. & Implement.) Dec. 2, 2004 ASA Track (Assess. of Student Achiev.) Dec. 8, 2004 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Formal Proposals October 8, 2004 Teacher Professional Continuum (TPC) Prelim. Proposals (Categories A & B) May 25, 2004 Formal Proposals (Categories A & B) Sept. 10, 2004 Track C: no preliminary proposal required; proposals should be submitted at least one year in advance of the planned event. Official deadline dates for proposals will be specified in the new program solicitation for each program, to be published at least three months before the relevant deadline date. Other Funding Opportunities for STEM Education are available. Program solicitations are available electronically through NSF's Online Document System and through the NSF DUE site; phone: 703/292-8670; email. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Camille Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar Awards Program: November 11, 2004 Faculty Start-Up Grants for Undergraduate Institutions: May 12, 2005 Henry Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar Awards Program: June 24, 2004 (See new eligibility criteria.) New Faculty Awards Program: May 12, 2005 Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry: February 24, 2005 Senior Scientist Mentor: August 26, 2004 Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences: Preliminary Proposals: June 3, 2004 Completed Proposals: August 26, 2004 Further information and confirmation of the above deadlines may be obtained from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., 555 Madison Avenue, Suite 1305, New York, NY 10022-3301; phone: 212/753-1760; email; WWW. Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Awards: May 15 and November 15 Cottrell Scholars: September 1, 2004 Research Innovation Awards: suspended 2004-2005 Research Opportunity Awards: May 1 and October 1 Further information may be obtained from Research Corporation, 101 North Wilmot Road, Suite 250, Tucson, AZ 85711; phone: 520/571-1111; fax: 520/571-1119; email; WWW.