Program Schedule

Friday, November 10
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM	Exhibits (CG 107)
8:00 – 9:00 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast (CG 201)
9:00 – 9:15 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks (CG 201) Dr. Robert Zeigler, President, San Antonio College
9:15 – 10:00 AM	Introductions (CG 201)
10:00 – 10:30 AM	Refreshment Break and Exhibits – Exhibit Area (CG 107)
Session I (CG 201)	Presentations
10:35 – 11:15 AM	Improving Students’ Understanding of Chemistry using the Science Writing Heuristic. Dr. Thomas Greenbowe, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
11:20 – 12:00 Noon	Exploring Undergraduate Research. Dr. Thomas Higgins, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL and Dr. Linette Watkins, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
12:05 – 1:15 PM	Lunch and 2YC₃ General Membership meeting. (SAC cafeteria) Exhibits are available in the exhibit area. (CG 107)
Session II A (CG 201)	Presentations
1:30 – 2:10 PM	Projects for a revolving research group. Dr. Dan Stanford, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL
2:15 – 2:55 PM	Creating a Research Environment for Students at a Community College. Dr. David Brown, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
3:00 – 3:40 PM	The first NSF funded Undergraduate Research Center at a Community College. Dr. Tom Higgins, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL
3:45 – 4:25 PM	Resource Issues/Possible Solutions for Undergraduate Research at Two-Year Colleges. Dr. Nancy Mills, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Session II B (CG 100)	Presentations
1:30 – 2:10 PM	From High School to Organic Chemistry: The Strange Case of Mole Airlines Flight 1023. Dr. Nyanguila Kakolesha and James Newton, Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX
2:15 – 2:55 PM	If You Play, I’ll Coach: Approaches to Student-led teaching in Organic Chemistry. Dr. Craig B. Fryhle, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, Co-author with T.W.Graham Solomons, Organic Chemistry, 8th Edition, John Wiley
Workshops
1:30 – 5:30 PM CG 105	Implementing the Science Writing Heuristic: An Advanced POGIL Workshop. Dr. Thomas Greenbowe, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1:30 – 4:00 PM CG 200 East	Use of data acquisition technology in undergraduate chemistry courses. Dr. Dale Hammond, MicroLAB and Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Social and Banquet
6:30 – 7:00 PM	Social Mixer at the Blue Star Brewing Company, 1414 S. Alamo
7:00 – 8:30 PM	Banquet and Speaker. Analogies from Climbing: Motivation for Learning Chemistry. Dr. Craig B. Fryhle, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington and co-author with T.W. Graham Solomons of Organic Chemistry, 8^th Edition, John Wiley (2004).
Saturday, November 11
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM	Registration (CG 201) and Exhibits (CG 107)
8:30 – 9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast (CG 208)
Session III A (CG 201)	Presentations
9:00 – 9:40 AM	The use of a Socratic-like method in teaching General Chemistry. Dr. John Hutchinson, Rice University, Houston, TX
9:45 – 10:25 AM	Undergraduate Research Opportunities at the Center for Biological and Environmental Technology at Rice University. Dr. John Hutchinson, Rice University, Houston TX
Session III B (CG 105)	Presentations
9:00 – 9:40 AM	Aligning the ACS guidelines for two and four year programs: Enhancing student success. Dr. Jodi Wesemann, Assistant Director for Higher Education, ACS Education and International Activities Division and Dr. Nancy Mills, member of the ACS Committee on Professional Training
9:45 – 10:25 AM	What should we cover in Organic Chemistry and how should we cover it? Dr. Joel Karty, Elon University, Elon, NC, Author of the “The Nuts and Bolts of Organic Chemistry”, Pearson Benjamin Cummings
Session III C (CG 111)	Presentations
9:00 – 9:40 AM	My experience in using POGIL in teaching. Dr. Dale Hammond, Brigham Young University-Hawaii
9:45 – 10:25 AM	One Answer: "Online Access to Chemical Information at Community Colleges," But What Are the Questions? R. G. (Bob) Landolt, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
10:30 – 10:50 AM	Exhibit Break (CG 107)
Session IV A (CG 201)
11:00 – 11:55 AM	Roundtable discussion on Undergraduate Research
Session IV B (CG 107)	Presentation and brief workshop
11:00 – 11:55 AM	The NMR Mosaic, a tool for introducing students to NMR spectroscopy. Dr. John McClusky, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, TX
12:00 – 12:55 PM	Lunch and Exhibit Break (CG 107)
Workshop (CG 105)
1:00 – 5:00 PM	POGIL Workshop “An Introduction the use of Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning in Undergraduate Chemistry courses”. Dr. Gulnar Rawji, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
Session V (CG 201)	Presentations
1:00 – 1:55 PM	Roundtable discussion on teaching General Chemistry
2:00 – 2:55 PM	Roundtable discussion on teaching Organic Chemistry
3:00 – 3:30 PM	Conference Closing