LC goes to Iowa
GLRACS informs students
Ashley Paulson
Issue date: 11/12/09 Section: News
Over Fall Break, Associate Professor of Science Jeffery Schwehm and several Lakeland students attended the Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society in Iowa City. Along with Schwehm, Grace Jairo, Dale Wieselman, and Manyng Szetu also attended.
Schwehm visited lectures on chemistry education, while Jairo and Wieselman took interest in attending medicinal chemistry presentations. Jairo added that these were her favorite presentations to view. Also, Szetu attended lectures on nano science.
Jairo and Szetu also had the chance to present a poster with research that they had conducted over the summer with Schwehm. The students examined how small peptides (proteins) were linked with diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Schools from all over the Midwest were also in attendance. Students had the chance to talk to professionals in different chemical industries about the different job offerings in particular fields. Also, Midwestern graduate schools were present for students to examine.
"Another reason we went to Iowa City is because there was a session on doing activities with children to get them interested in science and chemistry. We do that as a part of our middle school science fair," stated Schwehm. The science fair is scheduled in January. "We make ice cream and have surface tension boat races, and we're going to do some new stuff we've never done before because we got some ideas from that class," continued Schwehm.
"We want to get them excited about science," added Jairo.
Schwehm visited lectures on chemistry education, while Jairo and Wieselman took interest in attending medicinal chemistry presentations. Jairo added that these were her favorite presentations to view. Also, Szetu attended lectures on nano science.
Jairo and Szetu also had the chance to present a poster with research that they had conducted over the summer with Schwehm. The students examined how small peptides (proteins) were linked with diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Schools from all over the Midwest were also in attendance. Students had the chance to talk to professionals in different chemical industries about the different job offerings in particular fields. Also, Midwestern graduate schools were present for students to examine.
"Another reason we went to Iowa City is because there was a session on doing activities with children to get them interested in science and chemistry. We do that as a part of our middle school science fair," stated Schwehm. The science fair is scheduled in January. "We make ice cream and have surface tension boat races, and we're going to do some new stuff we've never done before because we got some ideas from that class," continued Schwehm.
"We want to get them excited about science," added Jairo.
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