Free Radicals & Phi Lambda Upsilon

Congratulations to the new officers for 2012-2013! The officer positions for next year are filled as follows:

PLU President -  Alex Vaschillo
PLU Vice President -  Marian J Dobles
FR President -  Viren Govindaraju
FR Vice President -  Julia Dumesh
Secretary/Webmaster  -  Ryu Arvin Sato
Treasurer -  Joanne Hsu

Join us in congratulating these new officers!

Congrats to our 2011-2012 teaching award winners

Professor of Chemistry Forrest Michael

and

Chemistry TA Bo Zhao

Time for Free Radicals/PLU elections! All you have to do to apply is send us an email radicals ( at ) uw.edu with your name, year, and a paragraph about yourself and why you want to become an officer. The deadline for applications is ****FRIDAY MAY 4.****

 
*Phi Lambda Upsilon President – Chairs all club meetings, assigns club responsibilities, and signs legal club documents. Oversees basic operations of club with Free Radicals President.
*Phi Lambda Upsilon Vice President – Assumes responsibilities of PLU President in absence of PLU President. Also assumes duties of membership coordinator for PLU.
*Free Radicals President – Represents Free Radicals members’ interests and manages club administration with PLU President.
*Free Radicals Vice President – Assumes responsibilities of Free Radicals President in absence of Free Radicals President. Also assumes the duties of membership coordinator for Free Radicals.
*Secretary – Keeps minutes and records of all club meetings and maintains a club roster. Takes photographs and documents all events.
*Treasurer – Responsible for club’s finances and approving expenditures.
*Web Master – Maintains club website.

 
This is a great opportunity to gain leadership experience, and no prior experience is required!  To run for a President or Vice President position you must be a member of the club designated. All other postitions are available to both PLU and Free Radicals members. PLU and Free Radicals are joint clubs, so all officers will work together despite different club assignations.

Thanks to everyone who came to check out the research panel! We hope it helped you get a better understanding for the research opportunities out there.

Here’s info about the professors who presented if you want to get in contact with them:

Munira Khalil: mkhalil@chem.washington.edu

Ted Young: ety@u.washington.edu

AJ Boydston: boydston@chem.washington.edu

Free Radicals and PLU are once again offering chemistry tutoring! If you need some help with your chem class, choose one of our awesome tutors. Check out the Tutoring tab or the UW Chem Tutoring blog for more info.

Are you planning on going to grad school after undergrad? Don’t know what to do to help prepare yourself for it? Come to our grad student panel on Wednesday, Novemver 2nd 5:30~6:30 at CHB 102. You will have your chance to talk to current grad students in the UW chemistry department about the application process, choosing schools and PIs, the GRE, and life in grad school. Make sure you stop by for your future and free pizza !

Location: Chemistry Building 102
Date: Nov 2nd
Time: 5:30pm~6:30pm