The Chem Club provides opportunities to learn how chemistry affects our lives. From time to time we will have guest speakers, career workshops, and our own faculty members talking about their research. The Chem Club also provides social activities such as pizza parties and beginning and end of semester lunches. We sponsor fund-raising activities and many of us will attend the ACS National meeting.
The Chem Club is also a service-oriented organization. We present chemistry magic shows and hands-on-chemistry experiments with students at local elementary schools. We participate in the American Chemical Society's National Chemistry Week in October with an information table in the Wiegand Science building lobby. We also celebrate National Mole Day, October 23, and Earth Day, April 22. We assist in Department hosting of students from local under-resourced schools to gain experience in college labs.
As a community service organization, we also perform service activities such as beach clean-ups, MLK Day of Service, and collecting Christmas gifts for kids from vulnerable groups.