Hello fans & members,

Some of you may know that the Chemistry Club has been attempting to show a documentary film at the Tivoli, where we will be highlighting the involved chemistry. After many months of hoop jumping, we have been awarded full sponsorship through the Student Activities department on campus!!! This means We WILL be showing the film precluded, or followed by some presentations, Monday March 1st in the Tivoli between 12 & 3 pm. We will need all types of volunteers to make this a successful venture. If you have interest in the film, or participating for the event, please let me know, and the sooner the better. To those of you who’ve helped us get this far, Thank You. We look forward to this event, and hope all you do as well!!

Thank you,

Eckhard Koehler

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Hello Members!!

Just keeping y’all up to date with the Metro State Chem Club happenings. For Starters We will be doing a community/campus outreach event February Monday the 8th, 2010 from noon to 3 pm aprx. We will need volunteers for all types of things including designing advertisements, working on project material, presentation, and other oddball jobs. Anybody who is interested is encouraged to take the bull by the horns, and should attend club meeting to get a full grasp on the event.

Other news; We will be hosting the next meeting at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, which corresponds to Cafe Scientifique!! (Tuesday, 17 November, 2009) We will arrive an hour early to get good seats, and discuss club matters. The plan is to adjourn the meeting at the start Cafe Scientifique (6:30pm). The lecturer will be Mitch Begelman, Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, JILA Fellow, University of Colorado, Boulder, and he will be speaking on – Gravity’s Fatal Attraction: How Black Holes Rule the Universe – As the Universe evolves, could it be the ultimate fate of all matter to be “swallowed” by black holes? More info can be found at http://cafescicolorado.org/Begelman.htm which gives a brief of the topic, and bio of Mitch Begelman. This should be a fun event, and a great way for us to get together to continue the Metro State Chem Club.

Hey Folks,

Many of you have asked me to keep y’all posted on what has happened with the club, or spoken about at the meeting.

For starters there has been a change in officers due to larger amounts of motivation needed to get functions working. New officers can be found and contacted at http://www.mschemclub.org/contacts/

At the meeting we discussed doing a Public Service event of connecting Chemistry to everyday life. This will be done through a showing of King Corn at the Turnhall on campus located in the Tivoli. We are looking at doing this event the first week of February as there is some ground work that needs to be covered before then, which includes rental of hall, movie permissions, catering details. budget, presentation development, and a few other details.

We also spoke about bring back field trips that were once part of the club. Currently, we are finding out about a trip to NREL, and Tour of the Labs at the National Ice Core Laboratory if any of you missed it the first time. Ideas of visiting a lab developing synthetic polymers was discussed (and sound exciting), but we have yet to locate one in the Front Range that we could contact, any leads would be appreciated.

The next Chem Club meeting will be Thursday Oct 22nd at 4 PM in Room 312 of the Sci Bld (aka P chem Lab)

Anybody with comments or wishes to participate can reach any of the officers at http://www.mschemclub.org/contacts/
Thank you, & good day,

Prez

Hey Crew,

Well I tallied the replies, and here it goes. We will be meeting up tomorrow
(Thursday) at 4:00 pm in room 312 Sci (aka P Chem lab room). There will be some
zza!! Other than Beaujo’s I don’t know of anybody else who does gluten free, so
sorry no gluten free zza. We will be introducing new officers, discussing the
King Corn project, planning any future field trips we may want to take, and
going over who and what we might do for an elementary school who has asked us if
we would like to do some demos.

See you then!!

Hello everyone!
There will be a chemistry club meeting tomorrow at 1pm (Tuesday the
28th of April) whereat we will be discussing the Chem Day results as
well as performing a demonstration.  The demonstration is the “Briggs-
Rauscher Reaction”, and consists of a solution which changes colors
from clear to amber and black several times for approximately five
minutes.  This reaction occurs because of competing species of iodine
in solution, and there will be a handout available with details
regarding the reaction for your private inquisition.  I apologize for
the extremely short notice as I appear to have somehow erred in sending
this sooner over the weekend.  There will be food and drinks for anyone
who can make it, as well as a discussion regarding a finale for the end
of the semester.
Secretary of MSCC,
-Ralphie

Folks,
As you may or may not be aware, part of the Auraria Campus Master Plan includes the centralization of the three schools (Metro, CCD, CUD) into neighborhoods.  Metro’s neighborhood is the parking lot next to the Tivoli (north of the old parking garage).  The first building is in the design process and is expected to cost around $52 million, with approximately $10 million in back-fill renovation of vacated space.  The first building is being designed as a “one stop shop” for student needs, housing nearly all student support services plus administration, the First Year Success program, classrooms, lounges (which will be designed with student input), etc.

Please visit the Metro State is Rising website at http://MetroStateRising.com for more information.  There are links for the Fact Sheet and Neighborhood Master Plan on the right side of the screen.

MOST IMPORTANTLY:  This first building will be payed for with an increase of student fees.  This increase can only be passed by student vote.  Please visit the website and vote in favor of the building.  There is a very informative FAQ page, and it highlights the fact that even after the proposed fee increase, Metro is still the best deal in the state!

The SGA elections happen on April 13-17, and students will receive an email to their mscd.edu account asking for their vote on this issue.  Please look for this email!

I’d be happy to answer any questions,
Dr. Ball

Check out www.dmho.org!

The next Club Officer Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 19 at noon.

Hi Everyone,

We are having a meeting this Friday (3-13-09) at 10:00am outside the Chem. office. We need to replace the position of President and any others that need to be filled. This election is only going to fill these positions through the rest of this semester. There will be another election at the beginning of next year as usual. You must be an active member to participate in this election. If you are an active member and would like to take part you can either email me at cloux@mscd.edu or come to the meeting. I will send out the ballot options in the next few days so you need to be quick.

Christa

cloux@mscd.edu

Students and Sponsors,

It is about time for the Dazzling Demos by the world class experts Marv Lang and Don Showalter.  They will be coming to Metropolitan State College for their presentation entitled “Boiling Cold…Freezing Hot” on Sept. 26.  There will be a social time at 5:00 PM and dinner at 6:00 PM in the Tivoli, Room 440.  Our dinner will be a buffet with chicken parmesan and stuffed shells. The demos will be in Science, Room 119 at 7:00 P.M.  Cost of the dinner for college students is just $5.00 and $15 for faculty and guests.  We want to pack the house for these outstanding presenters.  This is one program you will not want to miss.  So, please pass this information on to all of the students and faculty at your campuses and please encourage them to attend. Reservations are due to me by Friday, Sept. 19   cgabel@mscd.edu This will also be an opportunity for you to present your research at a poster session during the social time.  Thanks,Dr. Gabel