Student Affiliate of the
American Chemical Society

     at Rider University

Information about recent SA-ACS activities

Officers for the '03-'04 academic Year:

President	Josh Berkowitz
Vice-president for Academic Affairs
Vice-president for Community Affairs
Secretary
Treasurer	Maia Lopez
Advisor	Dr. Bruce Burnham

Inquiries about the Student Affiliate of the ACS should be forwarded to Dr. Burnham.

Congratulations to the Rider SA-ACS.

Once again the SA-ACS have been given and honorable mention award by the national ACS student affiliate for its community and outreach activities for the 2002-2003 academic year.

Participation in the Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM) of the ACS.

Josh Berkowitz has spear-headed the Rider SA-ACS effort to develop a SA program for the recent MARM (June 8-11, 2003) hosted by the Trenton Section of the ACS. Thanks to Josh, the ACS has awarded the Rider SA-ACS a $2800 grant to develop the program.

National Chemistry Week.

This year (2002) National chemistry week was from October 20-26. The Student Affiliates along with ACS members from the Trenton Section of the American Chemical Society and students from Mercer County Community College presented demonstrations on "Clean Chemistry" to elementary school students in our region. Over 500 students participated in the classroom demonstrations and to top it off, everyone got to make Slime!!

Kush Patel adds the Borax initiator to a student's slimy concoction.

Super Science Weekend.

Held every year at the State Science Museum in Trenton, Super Science Weekend is a great event for kids ages 7-107. The Student Affiliate again worked with other chemists in the local community to put together a number of chemistry-related demonstrations. This year's event was held on Jan. 11-12.

Mike Evans ('00) demonstrates superconductivity with a magnet levitating above
Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide Superconductors made in the Rider University Laboratories.