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.
Committee Achievements Since Our Last Meeting:
- Presented at ACS IAC meeting in Spring 2024
- Delivered by Akiko Nakamura
- Organized Events at Biennial Conference on Chemical Education 2024
- Symposium: "Promoting Global Collaboration in Chemistry Education: Insights from International Initiatives"
- Organized by: Adrian Villalta-Cerdas, Sachel Villafane-Garcia, and Akiko Nakamura
- Symposium: "Inside the Division of Chemical Education"
- Organized by: Stephanie Ryan and James Mendez
- Birds of a Feather Session: "Promoting Global Collaboration in Chemistry Education: Insights from International Initiatives"
- Organized by: Adrian Villalta-Cerdas, Sachel Villafane-Garcia, Corina Brown, Diana Hoover, James Mendez, and Akiko Nakamura
- Symposium: "Promoting Global Collaboration in Chemistry Education: Insights from International Initiatives"
- Being Accepted as Symposium Organizer for Pacifichem 2025
- Organizer: Akiko Nakamura
- Symposium Title: "Promoting Diversity and Multiculturalism in Chemistry Education"
At the upcoming meeting, we will focus on the following:
- Discussing specific objectives and activity plans for the following:
- Award sub committee
- Marketing sub committee
- Global Women’s Breakfast sub committee
- Organizing a committee for Pacifichem sub committee
- Collaborating the IUPAC GWB 2025 with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Identifying avenue for expanding collaboration with other ACS committee
- Promoting visibility of the committee through social media.