Report Period
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Introduction
The purpose of the BCC is to provide guidance, oversight, and financial accountability to the General and Program Chairs of the BCCEs; to review evaluations and financial reports of past BCCEs; to solicit, evaluate bids, conduct site visits, recommend the locations and General Chairs of future BCCEs; to closely evaluate BCCE Memoranda of Agreement (MOA); and to provide fiduciary responsibility for DivCHED’s BCCE enterprise. The Biennial Conference is the signature event for our Division, typically having more than 1500 attendees presenting papers, participating in workshops, and exploring research to improve student learning. The BCCE is the premiere conference for chemical educators throughout the world.
Information Since Last Report
- Worked with the University of Wisconsin to manage and execute call for symposia and abstract submission for BCCE 2026
- ExComm allocated $90,000 of the 2024 BCCE overage to the BCC to use for scholarships to BCCE 2026.
- BCC finalized UCSD as the site for 2028. The site visit was completed in the fall and report was given to the committee with no hesitations.
- MOU for BCCE 2028 at UCSD in progress
- Still looking for hosts for 2030, please advertise widely.
- The search for a new meeting planning partner (MPP) are ongoing, led by former co-chair Renee Cole.
- The chair succession plan has been finalized and new co-chair, Carly Schnoebelen, has been selected.
- To date, the BCC Scholarship subcommittee has awarded $30,751 in scholarships to attend the 2026 meeting. Another round of scholarships is open for applications now.
Future Plans
- Hire new MPP
- Continue reviewing scholarship applications for awards of remaining scholarship monies
- Execute BCCE 2026 alongside the programming team
- Official handover from 2026 to 2028 will occur after conclusion of 2026.
- Updates to the operations manual are ongoing and will reflect the current operation of the committee and incorporate the chair succession plan.
- The committee is considering the standardization of a post-conference survey. We will discuss this at our upcoming meeting.
Did your committee request funding from DivCHED in the past budget year?
No