American Chemical Society Student Affiliates @ UCI

Hi everyone! We are the American Chemical Society Student Affiliates also known as the Chemistry Club in UC Irvine.  Our focus this year is green chemistry. In general meetings, we have guest speakers from any field of study and information about incoming club activities. We welcome students of any major to join the club. So, come check out our meetings and events. This is a great opportunity to meeting new people and enjoy the fun behind chemistry!


**Fall Quarter 08- Welcome Week & Week 1**
Welcome back! Hope you guys have a great summer. Welcome week is coming soon and we have new events for both new and return members. For welcome week, we're going to have booth set up at the Anteater Club Fair on Monday 9/22. Anyone who is interested are strongly recommend to attend this Club Fair at Aldrich Park. Students of any majors are welcome to check out our booth. Booth location and time will be announced soon.

Our first general meeting of Fall Quarter will be this Thursday October 2nd at 6 pm @ Natural Sciences II Room 1201 (the building across from Rowland Hall)! We'll be introducing club officers, talking about club events for this year, and answering questions about the club. There will be free food and we welcome students of any major to come join us in our first meeting of the year!






**Spring Quarter 08- Week 9**


Hey guys! Hope everyone had a good 3 day weekend! For this week, there will be no general meeting on Thursday. Instead, we will have our end of the year BBQ party.

The BBQ party is going to be on Sunday 6/1 from 1-4pm at the Vista del Campo pool. There will be free food and this will be our last meeting of the year. So you guys should definitely come and have fun with all the members and officers before finals! If you are planning on attending, please RSVP to our public relation- Kaelyn to ucichempr@gmail.com by Thursday May 29th so we have an idea how much food to buy.

Also, Anteater Award will be this Wednesday 5/28 at 6:30pm in Crystal Cove Auditorium in Student Center. Wear the club shirt and come support Chem Club! Email secretary- Suki (skchan@uci.edu) for questions about tickets and the event.

Dr. Rowland's lecture will be next Tuesday 6/3 at 6:30pm in HSLH 100A. It is going to be a lecture on "Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change". It's a great opportunity to learn about global warming. There will be free food too, so come early!


**Spring Quarter 08- Week 7**

Hey everyone! Hope everyone did fine on midterms! The meeting this week will be on Thursday 5/15 at 6:30pm in NSII 1201. This week we'll have elections for next year's board positions. Members who are interested to run for a position need to prepare a short speech about why you are the best candidate for this position. This is going to be one of the last general meeting this school year, so everyone should come and put down votes for the candidates!

Also, we are going to have many events coming up in week 9 and 10.

-Anteater Award is on Wednesday of week 9 5/28 in Crystal Cove Auditorium in Student Center. Come support chem club and enjoy performance from other clubs on campus. There will be free food too! So, wear your chem club shirt and come support! If you're interested in coming, please email the secretary- Suki (skchan@uci.edu) and she will inform you how to get the ticket for Anteater Award.

-Chem Club Banquet will be on Sunday 6/1 from 1-3pm in the BBQ area near the VDC Community Center. Members should come and join all the officers. This will be our last gathering/social for this year, so don't miss out! Food will be provided and it's a great opportunity to meet other members in the club. Take a break from studying and come have some fun!

-Dr. Rowland from School of Physical Sciences will give a lecture on "Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change" on Tuesday 6/3 at 6:30pm in lecture hall in HSLH. Reception will be in NSII 1201 and guests can park at the parking structure behind buildings Natural Sciences I and II. You'll have a chance to learn more about global warming.


**Spring Quarter 08- Week 3**

Time passes by so fast! It is already week 3 of spring quarter, which means it is time for Chem Club events again!

This week, we won't be having a meeting on Thursday. Instead, we are going on a field trip to Dow Chemical Company in Torrence. There are around 10 more spots available for this field trip. If you are interested in going, please contact our public relations- Kaelyn by her email ucichempr@gmail.com to RSVP a spot. The field trip is this Thursday 4/17 and we will meet outside of Natural Sciences II at 9 am and leaving at 9:15 at the latest. Food will be provided and we will be back to campus at around 2 pm. Contact Kaelyn if you will be able to drive for this field trip.

Also, this Saturday 4/19 is the annual tradition event "Wayzgoose"! We will be setting up a booth and selling chocolate cover strawberries, italian sodas, and club t-shirts. It is in Aldrich Park from around 10-5pm. We need you guys to come and help us out! You need to help out at our booth at least for a little bit if you want to go to our end of the year BBQ party.

Don't forget to wear your club shirt to both the field trip and Wayzgoose! See you guys at the events this week!

**Spring Quarter 08- Week 1**

Our first meeting of spring quarter will be on Thursday, April 3rd at 6:30 pm @ Natural Sciences II 1201.
We are going to play boards games and have root beer floats! It would be a really fun meeting and you will get to meet other members!

In this quarter, we will have more excited events offering to our members, such as wayzgoose, chem demonstrations,  end of the year banquet, and a lot more!!

Students of all majors are welcome! So come to our meeting and learn more about Chemistry Club activities!!


If you have any questions or concerns about the club, feel free to email us at ucichemclub@gmail.com
Hope to see you guys at the meetings and events!!