NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Leah Jackson (jacksonl@nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

10/27/2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES -The American Chemical Society (ACS) Student Affiliates chapter at Northwestern State University has been selected to receive an Outstanding award for its chapter activities conducted during the 2004-2005 academic year. The chapter will be honored at the 231st ACS national meeting in Atlanta next March.

"In addition to being recognized by their peers and ACS members, this award brings to our Student Affiliates and to our institution a note of accomplishment in Chemical and Engineering News, the Society's official national newsmagazine, and in In Chemistry, the Student Affiliates magazine," said Dr. Gillian Rudd, chapter advisor.

The NSU chapter was selected by the ACS Society Committee on Education, based on a report of the chapter's activities. For the 2004-05 academic year, the committee selected 32 outstanding chapter awards, 62 commendable chapter awards and 81 honorable mention chapters.

ACS President Colin Connerly will accept the award for the NSU chapter.

"One of the Society's important responsibilities is the pre-professional development of undergraduate students in the chemical sciences," Rudd said. "One way the Society accomplishes this is by offering undergraduate students majoring in chemistry or a related science the opportunity to enroll in the ACS Student Affiliates (SA) program." The SA program has a current enrollment of more than 10,000 students and offers them the support, privileges and benefits of the largest scientific professional society in the world. Many ACS students are affiliated with over 970 chapters at colleges and universities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

"Dr. Flomer and I have, and continue, to both work very hard to motivate our students, encouraging them to start their own 'Kids & Chemistry Program,' increasing fund raising activities, presenting at the Spring National ACS meeting and performing community outreach," Rudd said. "We are both extremely proud of our current and graduated students and look forward to an even better ACS year to come. This award is a great honor and the numbers speak for themselves. Of the 970 chapters, only a handful achieves an outstanding award, only 32 this year."

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