MACTLAC 2017
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.
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