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    One Door Opens … ACS Career Services

    September 16, 2022
    5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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    Benedictine University; Krasa Center/Student Union 2nd Floor
    5700 College Rd
    Lisle, IL 60532
    https://ben.edu/about/campus-locations/lisle-campus
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    Education Night Hybrid Meeting

    Friday, September 16, 2022 5:30 - 8:30 PM CDT

    Dr. Kathryn Leach

    Career Consultant & Career Pathway Workshop Facilitator, American Chemical Society Digital Faculty Consultant, McGraw-Hill Higher Education

    "ONE DOOR OPENS....ACS CAREER SERVICES"

    ABSTRACT

    As a kid, my family thought that I would be a professional student because I loved taking classes about science and many other topics. After graduating with my Ph.D., I worked in industry and then unexpectedly took an academic position I learned about through networking after the lab closed. Shortly after I started teaching, I learned that my calling was not to be a professional student but to be an educator and coach. In this presentation, I will help others to achieve their career goals by sharing my experiences and lessons learned, and information about the many career services offered by the ACS.

    MEET THE SPEAKER

    Katie Leach graduated from the University of Rochester with her Ph.D. in physical chemistry. She relocated outside of Chicago to work in industry as a Research Scientist for a small environmental lab that performed government contract work. Katie has also worked as a Lecturer at Valparaiso and is currently serving as a Digital Faculty Consultant for McGraw-Hill, helping others navigate their career paths, and earning a Pastry Arts culinary degree to perfect her French macaron recipes. In her free time, Katie enjoys running, volunteering for the ACS, traveling, and spending time with her husband, twin boys, and two golden retrievers.

    IN-PERSON DINNER
    Mediterranean Dinner Buffet, $25

    Benedictine University
    Krasa Center (2nd floor dining room)
    5700 College Road
    Lisle, IL 60532

    FREE VIRTUAL TALK VIA ZOOM

    FREE via Zoom Webinar. However, you must register (at no cost) to obtain the Zoom link.

    REGISTRATION
    By phone (847-391-9091), email ([email protected]) or online: REGISTER HERE

    DEADLINES TO REGISTER
    Dinner: Noon on Friday, September 16
    Zoom only: 8:00 PM on Friday, Sept 16

    MEETING PROGRAM

    • 5:30 - 6:00 PM     Registration; Project SEED
                                   and Student Poster Session
    • 6:00 - 6:45 PM     Dinner
    • 6:45 - 6:50 PM     Announcements
                                  Mark Cesa, Chair
    • 6:50 - 7:10 PM    Presentations of the 2022
                                  Award for Excellence in High
                                  School Teaching of
                                  Chemistry and 2022 High
                                  School Student
                                  Scholarships
    • 7:10 - 8:15 PM    Presentation by
                                  Dr. Katie Leach
    • 8:15 - 8:30 PM    Q&A


    QUESTIONS?

    QUESTIONS?  Please contact the Section Office via phone (847-391-9091) or email ([email protected]).


    EDUCATION NIGHT

    Honoring Teachers and Students

    Join us as we gather for Education Night and celebrate the winner of the Teacher Excellence Award for the ACS Chicago Section, as well as the 2022 Scholarship Exam winners and their teachers.

    The 2022 Teacher Excellence Award will be presented to Katherine Goebel of Buffalo Grove High School. The award recognizes Katherine for outstanding contributions to and support for the teaching of high school chemistry in the Chicago Section. A complete write-up and biography of Katherine Goebel will appear in the upcoming October 2022 issue of The Chemical Bulletin.

    2022 Scholarship Exam Winners

     Prize

    Winner

    Teacher & School

    FIRST

    $5,000 Award

    ERIN REEVE

    DESPINO MANDARINO

    Glenbrook South HS

    SECOND

    $3,000 Award

    SAMANTHA GASS

    JAIME STASIOROWSKI

    Deerfield HS

    THIRD

    $2,500 Award

    BAVYA CHOWDAVARAPU

    JEROMY BENTLEY

    Naperville North HS

    FOURTH

    $1,500 Award

    JENNY BRANT

    BRANDON TUCKER

    Glenbrook South HS

    FIFTH

    $1,250 Award

    RACHANA KANATHUR

    MARGARET STOKES

    Metea Valley HS

    MARIE LISHKA $2000 Award

    ERIN REEVE

    DESPINO MANDARINO

    Glenbrook South HS

    MARSHALL S. SMOLER

    $200 Award

    NATALIE CHLEBUS

    KAREN TRINE

    Whitney Young HS

    BERNARD E. SCHAAR

    $500 Award

    NATALIE CHLEBUS

    KAREN TRINE

    Whitney Young HS

     

    The 2022 Chicago ACS Project Seed intern will also present a poster at Education Night describing her summer research project with Dr. Anita Mehta of Chicago Discovery Solutions, Inc.
     

    Tickets

    $0.00 Donation to Project SEED (flexible amount)

    $25.00 REGISTRATION: Chicago ACS member

    $25.00 REGISTRATION: Guest and Non-Chicago ACS member

    $0.00 Member, Zoom virtual attendance, without Dinner

    $0.00 Non-Member, Zoom virtual attendance, without Dinner

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