Early registration ends May 31! Rates increase significantly June 1!
The eProgram Guide will be available shortly!
A text/pdf version of the conference schedule is available here. A searchable conference schedule will be available soon.
Conference Registration is now open! Early reduced-rate registration ends May 31!
Questions? Please contact us: general co-chairs, Dan Sykes (dgs12@psu.edu) and Sheryl Rummel (sad270@psu.edu), or the program co-chairs, MaryKay Orgill (UNLV, marykay.orgill@unlv.edu) and Kent Crippen (UFlorida, kcrippen@coe.ufl.edu).THE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCESS IS NOW CLOSED!
We can provide partial financial support to Pennsylvania Middle and High School teachers. The amount depends on the number of teachers seeking support. There will likely be some funds to support out-of-state teachers. Please contact Dan Sykes (dgs12@psu.edu.
February 20, 2012
Sponsor Opportunities including advertising rates
Example e-Program Guide Ad Space!
February 14, 2012
We are excited to announce that the 2012 BCCE will feature an Online Program Guide, courtesy of Hayden-McNeil Publishing, enabling attendees and exhibitors to benefit from the most up-to-date conference information; workshop and symposium schedules that can be searched by theme, presenter or date keywords; a full-featured exhibitor index; and campus and local maps; all in one convenient, mobile format. This Online Program Guide will be available shortly – stay tuned! A printed Pocket Guide will be available at the conference as well.The online format provides advertisers and sponsors with multiple attendee touchpoints; ongoing visibility; and increased traffic to your own website!
February 6, 2012
The 2012 BCCE is moving to an e-Program Guide format! More details in the coming weeks!February 1, 2012
Pennsylvania Act 48 for teachers attending the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education!Penn State is an Act 48-approved provider. Prior to enrolling, professional educators are encouraged to confirm that this program fits their school district’s professional development plan for Act 48.
Earn 29 hours toward fulfilling Act 48 requirements by attending this entire course.
Penn State will report Act 48 hours to the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the educator. Proper authorization is necessary and, to ensure that Act 48 hours are reportable, certain data is required. This includes the educators’ last name, date of birth, and Social Security Number. Be sure to include this data on your registration. A $50 administrative fee will apply for data that is provided after the program is completed.
January 1, 2012
The Abstract Submission System for the 2012 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education is now open! Located in the scenic hills of rural Central Pennsylvania, the University Park campus of The Pennsylvania State University is an ideal site to host a BCCE. This largest campus in the Pennsylvania system of public colleges and universities now serves 45,000 students from the United States and much of the rest of the world. Penn State possesses the infrastructure and resources to host a world-class meeting and offers a vibrant and extensive list of social programming opportunities within the university and the surrounding area.The theme of the conference is a celebration of the “Sesquicentennial of the 1862 Land-Grant College Act” which brought higher education within reach of all Americans. Almost as important, the Act changed the very nature of higher education to increase its focus on science, engineering (industrial arts), and (scientific) agriculture.
Exhibits of rare books, manuscripts, and documents associated with the theme of this BCCE will be displayed. Penn State has an extensive and remarkable collection of material related to its founding, the Land-Grant College Act, and college chemistry education in the 1860s - including the Evan Pugh collection. The Atherton collection has key documents relating to the passage of the Hatch Act of 1887 and the second Morrill Act of 1890. Penn State also has the most extensive and best collection of original Joseph Priestley material in the United States (including the handwritten originals of his autobiography, his will, and letters). A Penn State library vault is also the repository of the “Great Album.” This precious artifact documents and illustrates the First National Chemistry Congress held in the United States (on the Centennial of Priestley’s discovery of oxygen), the event which directly inspired the founding of the American Chemical Society.
A central theme will focus on building bridges between chemistry instructors at all levels and include symposia emphasizing collaborations between and among pre-college, community college, and 4-year college chemistry instruction and facilitate new and ongoing relationships of mutual benefit between instructors at all levels.
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There are many individuals invloved in the organization of the 2012 BCCE. If you have questions regarding the BCCE, please feel free to contact us!
General Chair
Dan Sykes, Department of Chemistry, Penn StateGeneral Vice-Chair
Sheryl Rummel, Department of Chemistry, Penn StateProgram co-Chairs
MaryKay Orgill, Department of Chemistry, UNLVConference Management
Kent Crippen, Department of Science Education and Technology, U Florida
Nancy Eckard, Senior Conference Planner
2YC3 and Pre-College CommitteeC. Michele Turner, Department of Chemistry, Univ of Akron Wayne CollegeSocial/Family/Children’s Program Coordinators
Amy Jo Sanders, Department of Chemistry, Stark State College
Amy Toole, Department of Chemistry, Penn College Dave Klindienst, Director State College Area School District Science Program
Mary Jo Bojan, Department of Chemistry, Penn State
Mary Shoemaker, Department of Chemistry, Penn State
Brett Criswell, Graduate Student in Science Education, Dept of C&I, Penn StateJackie Bortiatynski, Department of Chemistry, Penn StateChemical Supplies/Waste/Safety Coordinator
Lori Van Der Sluys, Department of Chemistry, Penn StateDennis Weidel, Department of Chemistry, Penn StateDemonstration CoordinatorPhil Stemple, Chemistry Demonstration CoordinatorFundraising CoordinatorsJoe Keiser, Department of Chemistry, Penn StateConference Treasurer
Tom Mallouk, Department of Chemistry, Penn StateMark Maroncelli, Department of Chemistry, Penn StateAdditional MembersState College Area School District Science FacultyChemical Education Interest Group (members not previously cited)
Jackie Esposito, University Archivist, Special Collections, Penn State
The Central Pennsylvania ACS Local Section
Local ACS Student Affiliate ChapterPeter Jurs, Department of Chemistry, Penn State
John Lowe, Department of Chemistry, Penn State
Bob Minard, Department of Chemistry, Penn State
Roy Olofson, Department of Chemistry, Penn State
Mary Beth Williams, Department of Chemistry, Penn State