REACCh: Research experiences achieved through collaborations in chemistry

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Linette M. Watkins, linette@txstate.edu, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas State University-San Marcos, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666
The goal of the REACCh program is to initiate and support a year-round undergraduate research community at San Antonio College (SAC), a two-year college with a strongly diverse student population. Research projects have been developed by collaboration between SAC and Texas State faculty. Graduate students from Texas State supervise undergraduate research at SAC as they complete their own research projects alongside the undergraduates. Research themes include determining the enzymatic mechanism of C-S bond cleavage, synthesizing and characterizing boron-containing polymers for specialty materials applications and synthesizing surface-modified clay platelets. The project seeks to strengthen the research infrastructure at the community college, increase two-year college students access to research experiences and increase the quality of interactions between the two campuses. Best practices, results from focus groups, sustainability and transferability issues will be addressed.
 

Undergraduate Research at Two-year Colleges
8:25 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Grand Blrm C, Oral

Society Committee on Education

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008