Stonehill College
Signing Date
3/11/2015
Location
North Easton, MA, USA
Description
Stonehill College’s ACS certified chemistry department takes a student-led approach to implementing green chemistry concepts. Students within Organic Lab practice critical thinking by developing and evaluating green chemistry experiments. Their chemistry club has taken steps to finding green chemistry activities to perform outreach and qualify for the ACS Green Chemistry Student Award. By working with the Green Chemistry Commitment, the department’s goal is to eventually integrate green chemistry and toxicology throughout their chemistry courses.
Faculty Size
10
Primary Contact
Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer, cschnitzer@stonehill.edu
Chemistry Degrees Offered
Minor; BA; BS; BA/Chem. Engineering; BS Dual Degree
Implementation of Green Chemistry
General Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Physical chemistry; Environmental chemistry
Student Groups
ACS Chapter (Chemistry/Biochemistry Club)
Goals
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Increase green chemistry activities in student ACS chapter
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Incorporate more green chemistry into Organic Chemistry
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Incorporate toxicology into Environmental Chemistry
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Participate in the Toxicology Working Group
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Help develop and test green chemistry case study resources
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