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Lacey’s Pharmacist John Price, PharmD. A graduate of Mercer University’s Pharmacy program provides advice to potential future pharmacists, while also offering insight into the daily duties of a pharmacist in compounding and retail pharmacy.

Mercer Admissions Coordinator, Ms. Melva Lord, provides students with information on Mercer’s pharmacy school admissions processes and requirments.

Dr. Gregory Gabriel shows his support for KSU SAACS by purchasing a goodie from Alina Abrahams-Geisler at the bake sale.

Quynh and Alina man the table at the bake sale on October 21, 2008

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The KSU ACS Affiliates Chapter proudly presents our annual celebration of National Chemistry Week 2008 (NCW). This year’s theme is “Having a Ball with Chemistry – the Chemistry of Sports!” Next week, we will be hosting two major events, which we hope you can join us:

• Tuesday: Bake Sale, New T-Shirts and ACS Study guides for sale (11:30PM - 3PM Clendenin Lobby). Free chemistry tutoring for Nursing, General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry will be available immediately following bake sale. Games and Awards will be given every 20 minutes. If you are interested in volunteering a few hours of your time, please contact me, Quynh, at qnguyen7@students.kennesaw.edu

• Thursday: (Mole Day) October 23, 2008 at 12:30-1:45 PM in SC 215. Topic: PHARMACY! A representative from Mercer University will also be at this meeting! There will be PIZZA and DRINKS!

*** What is Mole Day? Visit this website to learn more at http://www2.waterforduhs.k12.wi.us/staffweb/Sciencefolder/Mole%20Day/Mole%20Day!.htm

Again, KSU Membership: ONLY $ 5.00/semester
National Membership (optional but recommended): $38.00/year

Hope to see you next week!

- SAACS -

We anticipate even greater turnout at our next meeting sometime during National Chemistry Week–October 19-25, 2008.

Here are some pics from the meeting. Thanks again our 3 new faculty and everyone for coming.

Dr. Gregory Gabriel

Dr. Bharat Baruah

Dr. Keller

SAACS Members at the first meeting

If you want to learn how to get involved in all sorts of students groups on campus, and pick up information and free stuffs on other student services and academic departments, be sure to stop by the University Rooms in the Student Center for the Activities Fair event. Our SAACS club will be there!

Mark

P.S. If you would like to volunteer to help organize the general meetings or other activities and become a part of our officers’ team, please email to Quynh at qnguyen7@students.kennesaw.edu! We are looking forward to meet you, thank you =)!

Standing from left to right Mark, Dayne (Former President), Brian, Jonathan. Sitting is Quynh

Hope to see you there!

Our favorite speaker: Bob Ollis to talk to us about his new position at the US Army Crime Lab

This month Busola interviews the lovely Ms. Tiffini Menhorn

1) Did you always want to be in the science field?..Did you try other fields and decided that they didn’t work for you..they didn’t challenge you enough?

Yes I always loved science. I took honors science classes all through high school and loved it. My first major was forensic chemistry, but I changed to the professional track. I changed in part because of the challenge but also because I knew that a B.S. on the professional track opened more options for me. Dr. Gwaltney and Dr. Condon also had a large influence on my change in major.

2). What eventually made you become a chemistry/biochem major?

I chose a chemistry degree initially because I really liked forensic science and KSU had a forensic chemistry degree.

3). What are the plans for the future?..graduate school?, professional school?

I would love to go to graduate school, but I plan on getting a job and hope that one day I can further my education. I have a son who needs to be my focus first.

4). Which teacher( could be science or non-science) has motivated/inspired you the most?

Dr. Gwaltney has been most helpful and I admire him. He expects nothing but the best from his students and is always available for any assistance. I took him for Organic I and II, I did research with him and currently I am taking his Identification of Organic Compounds class which helps a lot if you care to learn better how to interpret spectra. Dr. Condon was only with KSU for a year but I took his Quant class and loved it, just like Dr. Gwaltney interests me in Organic chemistry, Dr. Condon interested me in Quantitative chemistry. I also took Dr. Dockery for Instrumental analysis and it was really fun. He made the lab very interesting with it geared towards forensics, I would definitely take that class again.
Dr Kaledin was my P-chem professor and she was wonderful, very passionate about teaching and I don’t think I would have done well without her. I have been lucky with professors.

5). You’ve probably had a semester that knida sucked…you know …your classes were just hard and blah…How did you survive such an intense semester?

Oh yes I have! I was lucky to have awesome professors that worked with me and had friends in the classes that were going through what I was. So I always had someone to understand my frustrations and empathize with me about them. My family has also been very supportive. I had to just keep telling myself that if I do my best then that was my best and everything will work out.

6).Any advice for the freshmen?

Sure! Study as best you can, but don’t burn yourself out because when finals come, your mind will be like mush. Never give up, chemistry is not supposed to be easy and if I can do it, I know anyone can, you just have to prioritize and think of the future for yourself. Would it not be nice to say “I did that!” when so many do not even try a degree like chemistry?

7). Any words that you live by?
You could add anything else u want to, maybe some fun facts..thank you for your cooperation..

I really like a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt, “Women are like tea bags, you never know how strong they are until they are in hot water.” I also like Sir Isaac Newton’s quote, ” If I have seen farther then other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.”
I would just like to say that my time at KSU as a chemistry major has been so rewarding. The chemistry department as a whole has made me feel like I belong there and that they care for my success.

Seminar Schedule

Tuesday, November 27 at 2:30 in CL 1009
Dr. Stephen Chamberland – Organic Chemistry Interview

Wednesday, November 28 at 10:00 in CL 1009
Dr. Rosemary White – Organometallic Chemistry Interview

Monday, December 3 at 11:00 in CL 1009
Dr. Jennifer Look – Organometallic Chemistry Interview

Wednesday, December 5 at 10:00 room TBA
Dr. Renee Henry – Organometallic Chemistry Interview

Thursday, December 6 at 10:00 in CL 1009
Dr. Chad Booth – Organic Chemistry Interview

Monday, December 10 at 2:30 in CL 1009
Dr. Gregory Gabriel – Organic Chemistry Interview

Plenty of announcements today, let’ go in chronological order

This Wednesday (10/17/07 @ 11am) we’ve been invited to give a lab demonstration at Kennesaw Mountain High school. I know this short notice but if you have any interest in this or doing another demo at a later date let me know by Monday afternoon.

After that chemistry/biochemistry department is having an “Advising Evening” 5-8pm (10/07/07) in Cl 1009. I strongly suggest you attend to double check that you’re on the right track

On Thursday (10/18/07) the chemistry/biochemistry department is also hosting Michael Stone from Vanderbilt University in Cl 1009 @ 4:30pm. He will be speaking about “From Peanut Butter Sandwiches to Cancer. Interactions between Aflatoxins and DNA as studied by NMR Spectroscopy”

You can also explore postgraduate opportunities at Vanderbilt in chemistry on Friday (10/19/07) @ 10 am in Cl 1009.

On to next week: National Chemistry Week!
There will be a General meeting Tuesday (10/23/07) @ 12:30pm in SC212. SAACS will be hosting Dr Lihong (Lilly) D’Angelo of the Coca-Cola Company. “The Chemistry behind a bottle of Coke”

Ok now here’s the big one. SAACS will be having a fundraiser on Wednesday (10/24/07) in Clendenin lobby from 10am –4pm. We need volunteers to help us setup and sell our goods. If the organization is to continue we’ll have to raise some money, so please volunteer at least an hour of you time.

If you have any questions about any of this of course you can e-mail us, but if you need to see me or the other officers. We are having an officers meeting in SC 302 @12:30pm Wednesday (10/18/07) -Dayne