The mission of the International Activities Committee is threefold:
(1.) Raise international awareness to ACS
(2.) Create international relationships with faculty for research collaborations and other scholarly activities.
(3.) Oversee a budget to provide an individual an opportunity to attend an international conference. The funds are designed to aid individuals who otherwise would not get an opportunity to attend the conference.
Since we last met, the committee has communicated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and discussed collaboration opportunities on the IUPAC Global Women's Breakfast 2024.
At the upcoming meeting, we will focus on the following:
- collaborating the IUPAC GWB 2024 with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- discussing symposium ideas for BCCE2025
- identifying avenue for expanding collaboration with other ACS committee
- promoting visibility of the committee through social media.
At last meeting, we formed four subcommittees as shown below.
- Award sub committee
- Marketing sub committee
- Global Women’s Breakfast sub committee - 2024 virtual
- Organizing a committee for BCCE sub committee
My goals for the August meeting are to identify specific objectives and plans for individual subcommittee.