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New York Local Section Share Your Story – ACS Leadership Institute

American Chemical Society New York Local Section's Project SEED provides mentoring and research opportunities to minority and economically disadvantaged students. Through a year-long preparation process, students are matched with scientists for lab research, receive guidance on resumes and interviews, and participate in competitions and conferences. The program aims to increase diversity in chemistry and help students gain acceptance to top-tier colleges.

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New York Local Section Share Your Story – ACS Leadership Institute

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  1. American Chemical Society New York Local SectionShare Your Story – ACS Leadership Institute Pamela Kerrigan Chair-Elect, New York Local Section

  2. New York Section Project SEED Project SEED takes place during the summer but it takes a year long preparation • PLANNING: • Ask scientists from the colleges to mentor students by allowing them to do research in their labs • Ask chemistry teachers to recommend students interested in the program • Write the proposal and send them to national, then select the students and complete all the forms for national • Help the students to write their resumes and ask them to get one recommendation from math and one from a science teacher • Prep the students on how to interview American Chemical Society

  3. Set appointments for the interview with the scientists. • Meet with the students and get them ready for the summer work • Check on the students during the summer and make sure everything is going well • At the completion of the summer make sure every participant completes the report and survey for national • Ask the mentor to select the top few who participate at Sci-Mix at the National Meeting. American Chemical Society

  4. ACTIVITIES: 1. Arrange for students to participate in Sci-Mix at the National ACS meeting 2. Arrange for students to make presentations at local Research Poster Competitions. We have: North Jersey Competition, The NY Competition, the Junior Science and Humanities Competition, the INTEL/ISEF Competition both at the regional and international levels. • IMPACT: 1. This is the best program to help minorities and economically disadvantaged students to get accepted to tier one and IVY League colleges. 2. Opportunities for scholarships American Chemical Society

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