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
- Execute BCCE 2026 alongside the programming team
- Official handover from 2026 to 2028 will occur after the 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.
- All BCC Scholarships have been awarded to date. $61,002 have been allocated and will be invoiced from UW-Madison Conference Services for attendees registration and/or housing.
- MOU for BCCE 2028 at UCSD in progress
- Still looking for hosts for 2030, please advertise widely. Some interest from The Ohio State University and potentially Duke and New Mexico. Birds of a Feather meeting at BCCE 26 forthcoming to drum up interest.
- The search for a new meeting planning partner (MPP) are ongoing, application went out 6/26 and has a priority deadline of 7/17 for applications. Committee will review applications and proceed as needed.
Future Plans
- Hire new MPP
- At the wrap-up meeting, there will be a discussion of whether the BCC scholarships will stay with the committee or be absorbed by the travel/awards committee.
- Assembly of a operations manual revision task force to bring the document up to date and in line with the other manuals within the division.
- Fill in general BCC/BCCE information for the new website. Assembling a subcommittee to think about what information is pertinent and what documents should be publicly available to those interested in hosting.
Did your committee request funding from DivCHED in the past budget year?
No