Committee News

From the Chair, Vicente Talanquer, Spring 2022 The Division of Chemical Education shares updates on leadership transitions, key initiatives, upcoming meetings, policy updates, and award recipients. Vicente encourages participation in the San Diego ACS meeting and highlights efforts to maintain a strong, inclusive chemistry education community despite global challenges.

From the Secretary, Dan King, Fall 2021 Greetings! I hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer and has been able to experience some type of return to normalcy. While we are not out of the pandemic yet, we have made some progress towards a new normal.

Past Chair Update, Dawn Del Carlo, Fall 2021 In her farewell message, the outgoing DivCHED Chair reflects with gratitude on years of service, acknowledges the unexpected challenges since 2019, and thanks the many colleagues who helped advance the Division’s mission.

Message from the Chair, Stacey Lowery Bretz, Fall 2021 Executive Committee chair shares updates as DivCHED celebrates its 100th anniversary, prepares for virtual fall governance meetings, highlights member achievements, and invites engagement in upcoming events, elections, and efforts to support early career professionals and harassment-free meetings.

From the Immediate Past Chair, Dawn DelCarlo, Spring 2021 It’s difficult to believe that almost exactly one year ago, many of us simply had no idea what awaited us. I certainly had not anticipated my time as Chair to be mostly consumed with managing the necessary adjustments to Division business due to a

Message from the Treasurer, Rick Moog, Spring 2021 The past year has been one of transitions in many ways, and for me one of the biggest transitions was to move into the position of Treasurer that David Licata has so admirably filled over the past three years.

From the Secretary/Councilor, Dan King, Spring 2021 As we move past one year of the pandemic, we are starting to see some glimmer that the end might be in sight. For most of us, that end can’t come soon enough. This has been a challenging year on many levels.

Message from the Chair, Stacey Lowery Bretz, Spring 2021 Reflections on a year of virtual adaptation, leadership transitions, financial restructuring, and continued community engagement—while celebrating DivCHED's 100th anniversary and looking ahead to a stronger, more connected future.

Report from Secretary Dan King, Fall 2020 Greetings! I hope everyone is staying safe during these difficult times. After a challenging spring term for many of us, I know that we were hoping that things would be improving by now. Unfortunately, that is not the case.

Message from the Chair, Dawn Del Carlo, Fall 2020 Greetings DivCHED Members! I hope this newsletter finds you all in good health and peace of mind.

Notes from the Ledger This will be my last message to the Division as Treasurer. My term is up, and I will not be running for the post again.

View From The Past Chair

Message from the Chair, Dawn Del Carlo, Spring 2020 Greetings DivCHED Members! Well, I have to say, it’s been a VERY eventful start to my time as Chair. As I’m sure you all know by now, we will not be meeting in Philadelphia for the Spring national meeting and like many of you, I am currently in the process of trying to figure out how I can reasonably (and hopefully effectively) teach chemistry on-line. That being said, DivCHED leadership, including our many committee chairs, have been working diligently behind the scenes to try to maintain or reschedule all the great work, events, and symposia that were planned during the Spring meeting. If you’re involved with any of our committees be on the lookout for emails and virtual meetings (if you haven’t been inundated with them already) and THANK YOU for all you do for the Division!