Outreach

• UNCW Youth Summer Chemistry and Forensics Camps
• Regional Science Fair Judges through UNCW Watson School of Education
• Science Olympiad for regional elementary through high school students, UNCW: Chemistry Lab, Forensic Science Lab, and other activities
• UNCW STEM and STEAM Expo Events. Event to raise community awareness about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), or Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) and to highlight campus involvement. Chemistry undergraduate and graduate volunteers host hands-on learning chemistry stations for families in the region.
• UNCW College of Science and Engineering CSE Open House. A family friendly event to highlight the excitement of our chemistry discipline. Volunteers (including professors and graduate and undergraduate students) perform chemistry demos and outdoor experiments/activities, face painting, periodic table handouts, and T-shirt contests.
• UNCW Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry T-shirt design. Design contest among all current chemistry graduate students. T-shirts distributed to graduating seniors, faculty and staff, current graduate chemistry graduate students to promote team pride and camaraderie within the department.
• Various STEM related activities (demonstrations and hands-on experiments) for local elementary, middle school students, organized groups such as the Boy Scouts, etc. organized and hosted by the Chemistry Club.
• ACS Program in a Box for undergraduate and graduate students.

Our Chemistry and Forensics Academic Enrichment Camps offer a unique opportunity for children from ages 7 to 14.  The summer camps are led by dynamic and engaging UNCW chemistry graduate and undergraduate students.

Gamma Sigma Epsilon is a national chemistry honor society founded in 1919 at Davidson College.

The original fraternity was created to promote academic excellence and undergraduate research scholarship in chemistry. In 1931 the fraternity went co-ed and became an honor society.

Today there are over 70 active Gamma Sigma Epsilon chapters throughout the United States. The society is governed by a National Executive Council of elected officers and meets in biennial conventions for the purpose of governance, fellowship and scientific exchange.

The Chemistry Club is a club focused on community outreach and exposing the general public to information involving chemistry and increasing awareness of chemistry's impact on everyday life.

Science Olympiad is a targeted opportunity to serve and recruit interested students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Did your middle school or high school compete in Science Olympiad? If so, then you know what we mean. If not, then it is time to find out why Science Olympiad is the most important science competition around.

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