2008-2009 Department of Chemistry Scholarship Awards The Department of Chemistry has awarded $16,000 in scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year to nineteen undergraduate chemistry students. Jenna Bilbrey and Patrick Ward have been awarded a Ralph K. Birdwhistell Scholarship. To be selected for this prestigious award, a junior or senior chemistry student must show a potential to make substantial contributions in the field of chemistry. Katie Eanes and Sarah Swiatek have been named Grace Po-Yuen Chiu Scholars. Both scholarships are funded by endowments which honor founding members of the UWF Department of Chemistry. Jennifer McPhee has been awarded the Pall Corporation Scholarship in Chemistry. This is a new scholarship that is annually support by Pall Corporation and is directed towards students from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties pursuing a degree in chemistry. Pall has been a wonderful supporter of the chemistry program at UWF via additional support for Project SEED and the hiring of chemistry undergraduate student interns. The Department of Chemistry also awarded scholarships to Korry Barnes, Jennifer Glancy, Billy Carter, Deborah Barkley, Luther McDonald, Melinda Bottenfield, Victoria Walden, Sarah Genet, Sharon Blackwell, Joanna Fielding, Scott Shaw, Giovanna Cuaresma, Rebecca Herman and Rachel Chamberlain. These students have demonstrated excellent performance in their chemistry programs. The faculty of the Department of Chemistry are very pleased and proud to be able to provide financial support to students pursuing an education in chemistry. All scholarship awards are supported entirely from the very generous
donations of alumni, faculty, and friends of the UWF Department of Chemistry.
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“FUN WITH SCIENCE!”
The University of West Florida Department of Chemistry in conjunction with the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) will offer “Fun with Science!” sessions this fall for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. Led by UWF science faculty members, “Fun with Science!” sessions are held from 9 to 11 a.m. on one Saturday a month during the school year on the UWF Pensacola Campus in Building 58A, Room 101. Dates and sessions are Sept. 20, “Chemistry of Fireworks;” Oct. 18, “National Chemistry Week;” Nov. 15, “Physics;” and Dec. 6, “Plant Biology.” “There is a severe shortage of students interested in pursuing careers in science or engineering in the U.S.,” said Michael Huggins, chair of the UWF Department of Chemistry. “This program is an attempt to show students the fun side of science and hopefully inspire them to be future scientists.” There will be a brief introductory lecture for each session followed by an activity period where students will perform hands-on experiments appropriate for their age group. Sponsored by International Paper, Pensacola Mill, the sessions are limited to 50 participants. Participants must register for the sessions in advance and registration will be separate for each individual session. For more information or to register, contact Cindy Williams at (850)
474-2741 or e-mail cwilliam@uwf.edu |
