The 20 posters (with presenters and abstracts) for the always-popular poster session have been announced.
New Technologies in Instruction and Training
co-sponsored by DCHE, DPAM and DST
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 (11:00AM - 12:30PM)
June 2, 6pm-8pm
Host: Bartow Culp, Purdue Univ.
Dinner this year will be at Rioja, easy walking distance of the conference center and hotels. The reservation is for 20, so please let Bartow (bculp@purdue.edu) know by May 25.
Just a reminder - after May 1 the registration's $375 for members until May 25, then onsite registration for members is $425.
Congratulations to Michael Peper of University of North Carolina, winner of the 2007 Sparks Award.
In honor of Marion E. Sparks, the Chemistry Division of SLA awards this every year to a promising student/new member of DCHE. Michael will receive $1,500 to attend the Denver Conference and will be honored at the Business Meeting & Breakfast. His essay will appear in the next newsletter.
I've done a major update of the conference schedule, in table form as well as text with descriptions. The two versions will be hyperlinked (item-to-item) in the next update, along with the list of poster presenters and the Sparks winner.
This is cobbled together from several sources, so please contact me if something's missing or incorrect.
The Ad Hoc Committee on Information Literacy has released their draft guidelines:Information Competencies for Chemistry Undergraduates: The Elements of Information Literacy
Please send comments or questions to Cory Craig and Linda Maddux, co-chairs.
Missed the Leadership Summit in Reno earlier this year? The minutes of the DCHE Board Meeting have been posted.
Are you are new member within about the past 18 months? Will Denver Annual Meeting in June be the first SLA conference you have ever attended?
If the answer to either question is yes, we'd like to invite you to a free lunch on Sunday, June 3 from 12 noon until about 1:30 p.m. A few key people will be available from each sponsoring division (Biomed-Life Sciences / Sci-Tech / Chem) to answer any questions you may have about their division, how to navigate the conference, and how to get the most out of your SLA membership. And you get to meet other new people to SLA!
The only catch is that due to long lead times required for our large annual conference, I need to have an RSVP from you by Wed, March 14. Please reserve a spot as soon as you know you are sure you are going to the June conference (even if you haven't yet registered).
Note this lunch is invitation only for new members and 1st time conference attendees. Everyone is welcome to our open house on Tuesday evening, the All Sciences Reception earlier on Tuesday (tickets required), and our Tuesday morning business meeting & breakfast (also a ticketed event). And of course there are many regular programs for all conference attendees. Please visit our divisional website for the preliminary program at http://units.sla.org/division/dche/2007/index.htm.
Our annual newcomers lunch is sponsored by three divisions: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Science-Technology, and your own Chemistry Division. Please contact me if you have any questions.
A. Ben Wagner (abwagner@buffalo.edu)
Chair, SLA Chemistry Division; Denver 2007 Co-planner
University at Buffalo
716-645-2947 x230
The 2007 Conference pages have been updated!!
The January-March 2007 issue of the DCHE Newsletter is now online.
