The 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education was held at the University of Notre Dame this summer. Department chair Gretchen Anderson, associate professor Grace Muna, assistant professor Shahir Rizk, laboratory supervisor Connie Fox, and adjunct professor Merilee Britt eagerly took advantage of the close locale. The conference started on Sunday, July 29 and ended on Thursday, August 2.
During the conference Dr. Marya Lieberman of Notre Dame, who gave one of the plenary lectures, invited instructors teaching undergraduate analytical chemistry courses to participate in a project to analyze pharmaceutical drugs distributed in developing nations to test their quality. Muna's analytical chemistry class (CHEM-C 310) will analyze levofloxacin using HPLC this semester as part of the project to give her students a chance to do real life application of analytical chemistry.
Rizk (pictured below) gave a presentation titled "Transitioning students from the classroom to the world; creating better prepared and more engaged scientists" based on current, and planned, efforts many in our senior-level biochemistry courses (CHEM-C 484, 485, 486). While success in the classroom for four years is great, it is success for the rest of one's life in the real world that truly matters. Whether students graduate from IU South Bend to pursue graduate school, medical school, industry, or some other endeavor, we hope that we are giving them the tools to succeed.
During the conference Dr. Marya Lieberman of Notre Dame, who gave one of the plenary lectures, invited instructors teaching undergraduate analytical chemistry courses to participate in a project to analyze pharmaceutical drugs distributed in developing nations to test their quality. Muna's analytical chemistry class (CHEM-C 310) will analyze levofloxacin using HPLC this semester as part of the project to give her students a chance to do real life application of analytical chemistry.
Rizk (pictured below) gave a presentation titled "Transitioning students from the classroom to the world; creating better prepared and more engaged scientists" based on current, and planned, efforts many in our senior-level biochemistry courses (CHEM-C 484, 485, 486). While success in the classroom for four years is great, it is success for the rest of one's life in the real world that truly matters. Whether students graduate from IU South Bend to pursue graduate school, medical school, industry, or some other endeavor, we hope that we are giving them the tools to succeed.
