KACS
Kalamazoo Section of the American Chemical Society

News
Newsletter
News & Past Events
Job opportunities
KACS History
Memorials
Executive Committee
Message from the Chair
Officers
Minutes
Bylaws
Operations Manual
Annual Reports
Councilor Reports
Volunteer Opportunities
Student Chapter Activities
WMU Chem. Grad. Student Assoc.
WMU Chem. Club
Kalamazoo College Chem. Club
Other Links
ACS Presentations on Demand
Content from recent ACS Meetings
Directory of Graduate Research
Career Services
Articles from ACS National
The ACS Staff: How Does it Support Governance?
Kalamazoo Links
Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemistry News Groups
Chemistry Educational Resources
Go to the ACSWeb

KACS represents chemists in Allegan, Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties.

Stay connected with your colleagues in the Kalamazoo ACS Local Section by liking our Facebook page.

Current KACS Newsletter:

May 2013 (Newsletter pdf)

In it, you will learn about:

- our new ACS grant and the Climate Science Took Kit
- new KACS volunteer opportunities
- which famous speaker WMU will host on October 10
- three Earth Day reports, one with local relevance
- a new Sudoku puzzle

This and much more can be found in your May Newsletter. Our Newsletter Archive can be found here.

Best wishes from your
KACS Chair

Elke Schoffers, Ph.D.

Upcoming KACS Events:

"Awards Ceremony on May 20 at WMU"
1720 Chemistry Bldg, 6-8 PM. Free reception at 6 PM. Ceremony begins at 6:45 PM.
Directions: Consult https://www.wmich.edu/maps, which shows that the Chemistry Bldg. is north of Miller Auditorium. Look for reserved, free parking in Parking Structure 2, just west of Miller Auditorium.

Seminars and Lectures of Interest:

Climate change focus of WMU lectures
"Climate Change: Scientific, Socioeconomic, and Policy Perspectives"
Lee Honors College Lyceum Lecture Series (Trifold)
Wednesdays 12-1 PM, open to the public

Past KACS Events:

Elements of Dance - THE RESULTS



Dancing chemists at the KIA!

2012 KACS Awards

Outstanding college and high school students, our Section’s Competitive Exam winners, a high school teacher, one ACS 50-year member and 10 past-chairs still living in the Kalamazoo area, along with parents, siblings, teachers and a few Local Section members — 91 enthusiastic guests in all — visited WMU’s campus on May 21 to join the KACS Awards Ceremony.  CONGRATULATIONS  to everyone!


Elke Schoffers (KACS Chair) congratulates Al Nieboer (Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher, Kalamazoo Christian High School).

KACS Past-Chairs (left to right): Donald Schreiber, John Greenfield, Benjamin Maxey, Robert Kelly, Lydia Hines, Wade Adams, Robert Nagler, Doug Williams, John Stodola, James Kiddle

Allegan Meet 'N Greet

Did you know which element circulates in rumors of having been despised by Mahatma Gandhi? Mark Wolf did! He won the puzzle prize at the KACS Meet 'N Greet in Allegan on June 22, 2012. Congratulations!

Excerpt from “A Letter from Madeleine Jacobs”
ACS Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Where do our members work?
 

E-mail our Webmaster
Facilities for this site provided by
Western Michigan University
stats counter Total visits since 10/8/2010
Free Web Counters		 facebook