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.
- 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 ACS and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- organizing a symposium at BCCE2025 (symposium proposal has been accepted)
- 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
$2000 for International Travel Award 2023