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| + | Aug 2016: Host institution (College President) sends letter of invitation to the MACTLAC President. | ||
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| + | Oct 2016: Attend the MACTLAC Executive Committee meeting at 2016 event at St. Joseph's. While at the meeting invite the membership to your institution. Have some general idea of the meeting theme and potential speakers in order to entice membership. | ||
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| + | Nov 2016: Begin to secure speakers and sponsors. Make campus reservations for space needs. | ||
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| + | Feb 2017: Send out postcard reminder to membership with meeting dates and tentative program. | ||
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| + | Ap 2017: Solidify the program; confirm room reservations; block out hotel reservations; | ||
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Revision as of 21:55, 26 April 2016
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, 2017. Hosted by the Chemistry Department. FYI...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 small liberal arts college in the midwest. MACTLAC operates in 4 "regions" (East, West, North, and South) and the meeting rotates around the regions. In the past years there have been ~100 attendees at this meeting.
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. Joseph's. While at the meeting invite the membership to your institution. 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;
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
Potential Themes
- Food...
- Energy, food, and water...
Special topics
- integrating food into the science curriculum.
- Tours of Ed Garden/Farm
- Tour of Farmlands Food.
- 3D Printing technology (invite Vendor and Wabash Chemistry Dept)
- The NEW MACTLAC archives
- cCWCS...Sunil (Clarke University???)
- New Science Buildings (a report on CSB to future builders)
- Chemistry Demonstrations with true curricular focus.
Break Out Sessions
- Chemistry Disciplines (General Chemistry, "Gen Ed"Chemistry, GOB, Analytical, Organic, Inorganic, Biochem, PChem) <-- always a part of the program
- The science of Coffee (???)
- The science of Beer (???)
- The science of Wine (???)
- Meet the Speaker
- Building a new Science Facility
- The Knox NMR
Registration
link to 2016 meeting: https://www.csbsju.edu/forms/4I4ZZQ4Q7A.aspx
Accommodations
- AmericInn