Officers of the SLU Chem Club (from left): Dylan Vu (VP of Operations), Nick Schlarman (President), Ajay Chatrath (VP of Finance), Saketh Javvaji (VP of Demonstrations)The ACS student chapter at Saint Louis University has been selected by the ACS to receive a “Commendable” award for its 2013-2014 academic year activities. Award criteria include outreach/service (community, university, and department), professional development (attending scientific meetings, presentations/speakers, and tours/field trips), and chapter development (social, business, and fundraising).
Lists of award winning chapters will be published in Chemical & Engineering News and in the November/December issue of inChemistry, and the club will officially receive the award at the ACS National Meeting in Denver in March, 2015. The Club has been recognized with an ACS award every year for the past 14 years. (The photo is of the four officers accepting the same award last year in Dallas.) Brent M Znosko serves as the Club’s faculty mentor.