Revision as of 11:39, 8 October 2016

Save the Date Flyer

Welcome to the planning page for the Fall 2017 MACTLAC (Midwest Association of Chemistry Teachers at Liberal Arts Colleges) meeting to be held at Monmouth College on October 13-14 (Fri, Sat), 2017. Hosted by the Chemistry/Biochemistry Department. MACTLAC started at Monmouth College in 1952; see picture below and the C&EN announcement here.

General Info: This general meeting is held each fall at a liberal arts college in the midwest. MACTLAC operates in 3 "regions" (East - MN, IA, and MO, West - MI and IN, and Central - WI and IL) and the meeting rotates around the regions. There are state representatives as well as an executive committee. In the past years there have been ~100 attendees at this meeting. The "Duties of the Host Institution" can be found here.

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Names

Timeline

Aug 2016: Host institution (College President) sends letter of invitation to the MACTLAC President.

Oct 2016: Attend the MACTLAC Executive Committee meeting at 2016 event at St. Benedict/St. John' University in St . Cloud MN. While at the meeting invite the membership to Monmouth College on October 13-14. Have some general idea of the meeting theme and potential speakers in order to entice membership.

Nov 2016: Begin to secure speakers and sponsors. Make campus reservations for space needs.

Feb 2017: Send out postcard reminder to membership with meeting dates and tentative program.

Ap 2017: Solidify the program; confirm room reservations; block out hotel reservations; secure vendors/sponsors; arrange for meals; arrange for IT.

Ap (late) 2017: send out tentative program via email to membership.

May 2017: Send tentative program to MACTLAC Executive Council

Mid Aug 2017: email reminder to MACTLAC membership.

Sept 2017: Check on meal, refreshment, speaker, & vendor arrangements

Sept (late) 2017: Identify discussion leaders and recorders & get directions Arrange archivist, placement, etc

Oct 13-14: Host Meeting. Attend Executive Council

Nov 2017: Forward documents to Secretary-Treasurer & Archivist

Dec 2017 Celebrate that it is all over!

Meeting Site

The meeting will take place during our Fall Break so all of CSB should be available for the event.

Main meeting room: Mellinger Commons

Event sponsors set up in coves in Mellinger Commons

Dinner and evening "plenary" presentation at Stockdale Dining

Discipline (concurrent) Breakout sessions (~15 per session, ~8 sessions): CSB XXX, etc...

Schedule

Friday, Oct 13th

9:30 am - 5:00 pm, Registration at main entrance to CSB.

10:00 am - 12:30 pm Executive Council Meeting (Moot Board Room - CSB 278)

1:00 pm – 2:10 pm General Session 1 - Mellinger Commons

Welcome and remarks,

Keynote 1

2:10 – 2:40 pm Refreshments & Vendor Fair/Sponsor

2:45 – 3:30 pm Breakout Session I (~6 meeting specific topics or other)

topic 1: Meet the keynote 1 speaker

topic 2 Integrating food chemistry into curriculum (Leader: Sunil Malapati, Clarke University)

topic 3 Coffee: A science - business entrepreneurial project (Leader: Brad Sturgeon, Monmouth College)

topic 4 Essential oil extraction Lab activity (Leader Doug Armstrong, Ollivet Nazarene University)

topic 5 3D Printing/Fabrication applications in chemistry (Leader: Lon Porter, Wabash College)

3:30 – 3:55 pm Refreshments & Vendor Fair/Sponsor

4:00 – 5:00 pm Breakout Session II: Curricular Innovations (By Area)

Analytical Chemistry (Leader: _____ / Recorder: ______ )

Biochemistry (Leader: _____ / Recorder: ______ )

Introductory Chemistry (Leader: _____ / Recorder: ______ )

General, Organic, Biochemistry (GOB) (Leader: _____ / Recorder: ______ )

Inorganic Chemistry (Leader: _____ / Recorder: ______ )

Organic Chemistry (Leader: _____ / Recorder: ______ )

Physical Chemistry (Leader: _____ / Recorder: ______ )

5:00 – 6:10 pm Poster Session & Sponsor Demonstrations

Sponsor Demonstration

6:15 – 7:15 pm Banquet (Stockdale)

7:00 – 8:30 pm General Session II/Keynote 2

Saturday, October 15

7:45 – 8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 am MACTLAC General Business Meeting

9:30 – 10:30 am General Session III/Keynote 3

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Breakout Session III

topic 1: Meet the keynote 3 speaker

topic 2 Integrating food chemistry into curriculum (Leader: Sunil Malapati, Clarke University)

topic 3 Coffee: A science - business entrepreneurial project (Leader: Brad Sturgeon, Monmouth College)

topic 4 Essential oil extraction Lab activity (Leader Doug Armstrong, Ollivet Nazarene University)

topic 5 3D Printing/Fabrication applications in chemistry (Leader: Lon Porter, Wabash College):12:00 – 1:00 pm Executive Council Meeting

Potential Themes

Feeding the World:

Plenary 1 (Friday afternoon) GMOs and society

Plenary 2 (Friday banquet) WATER - Shore?

Plenary 3 (Sat am) MACTLAC History or UW-Madison (Energy?)

Food and Water

WATER - Debra Shore? http://www.debrashore.org/bio.html

FOOD - Monsanto?

Energy, food, and water...

Special topics

PUSH (http://pushmonmouth.org/)
Tours of Ed Garden/Farm
The NEW MACTLAC archives
New Science Buildings (a report on CSB to future builders)
breakout session(s) that will appeal to graduate students who might aspire to teach in the environment of a MACTLAC school

The Knox NMR

Registration

link to 2016 meeting: https://www.csbsju.edu/forms/4I4ZZQ4Q7A.aspx

Link to 2017 meeting: (in progress)

Accommodations

In Monmouth (recommended)...

AMERICINN LODGE & SUITES MONMOUTH

1 AMERICINN WAY, MONMOUTH, IL 61462

Reservations 800-916-4339.

Block of rooms reserved until Sept 13th.

In Galesburg (15 mins outside of Monmouth)

Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Galesburg, IL

2284 Promenade Ct, Galesburg, IL

Reservations (309) 344-4444.

In Galesburg (15 mins outside of Monmouth)

Fairfield Inn & Suites Galesburg

901 W Carl Sandburg Dr, Galesburg, IL 61401

Reservations (309) 344-1911.

Budget

Revenue

From MACTLAC - $3K

From Sponsors

Instrument Companies

ThermoFisher (Contact: FRANCIK, John, john.francik@thermofisher.com)

Teledyne Isco (Contact:

Pine Research Instruments (Frank Dalton, efdalton@pineinst.com)

Vernier?

Other data collection

ChemGlass?

WebAssign

DeNovo Beverage

From meeting registration

registration ($25 * 125 = ~$3K)

banquet cost ($)

Expenses

Meals

Fri afternoon (1): Refreshments & Vendor Fair, sponsor?

Coffee/Tea ($1.79/person *100= ~$225)..............................................................$180

Soda/water (provided by DeNovo)......................................................................$0

snacks (???).........................................................................................................$500

Fri afternoon (2): Refreshments & Vendor Fair, sponsor?

Coffee/Tea refreshed ($1.79/person *50= ~$225)...............................................$80

Soda/water (provided by DeNovo)......................................................................$0

snacks refreshed(???)..........................................................................................$200

Fri appetizers: Appetizers/cocktails and Vendor Presentations.

Cheese Tray (~$250).............................................................................................$250

Beer ($150) (Sponsored by DeNovo).....................................................................$0

Fri Banquet: Full dinner ($0 offset by registration)...................................................$0

Sat light breakfast (Aramark: "Basic Beginnings" $5/person *125 = ~ $625)..........$625

Sat coffee break (refresher of coffee, $1.79/person *100 = ~$180).........................$180

TOTAL....................................................................................................................

Speakers

Honorarium

Travel

Hotel

TOTAL..........................................................................................................?

Facilities (Request support from President)

setup fee

Cleaning fee