Workshops and Symposia Organized by William F. Polik

  1. "Applications of Computational Chemistry", ACS Central/Great Lakes Regional Meeting Symposium, Grand Rapids, MI, 6/13/01.

  2. "Second Midwestern Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium Conference", Online Conference (141 posts by 14 participants on 8 posters from 3 institutions), 2/23/04-2/27/04.

  3. "ACS Guidelines Revision Planning Meeting", ACS Committee on Professional Training Workshop, Sante Fe, NM, 1/6/05

  4. "Fourth Midwestern Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium Conference", Online Conference (126 posts by 15 participants on 8 posters from 4 institutions), 2/7/05-2/11/05.

  5. "ACS Guidelines Revision", ACS Committee on Professional Training Workshop, Park City, UT, 7/14/05-7/17/05.

  6. "Envisioning Undergraduate Chemistry Education in 2015: A Community Dialog", ACS National Meeting Presidential Symposium, Washington DC, 8/30/05.

  7. "Sixth Midwestern Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium Conference", Online Conference (239 posts by 28 participants on 18 posters from 5 institutions), 2/6/06-2/9/06.

  8. "Introducing Computational Chemistry into Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Courses", NSF Sponsored Workshop, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA, 6/8/06-6/9/06.

  9. "Revising the ACS Guidelines for Two-Year and Four-Year Programs: A Community Dialog of Issues and Opportunities", Biennial Conference on Chemical Education Symposium, West Lafayette, IN, 8/1/06.

  10. ACS National Meeting Symposium, "Revision of the ACS Guidelines for Undergraduate Chemistry Programs", San Francisco, CA, 9/11/06.

  11. "Drafting the New ACS Guidelines", ACS Committee on Professional Training Workshop, Chicago, IL, 11/31/06-12/2/06.

  12. "Eighth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Conference," Co-organizer, Online Conference (108 posts by 20 participants on 12 posters from 5 institutions), 2/20/07-2/22/07.

  13. "WebMO Hands-On Workshop," 18 faculty and grad student participants, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 11/19/07.

  14. "iOpenShell Developer’s Meeting: Center for Studying Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy of Open-Shell and Electronically Excited Species," Co-organizer, University of Southern California, 12/6/07-12/10/07

  15. "Tenth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Conference," Co-organizer, Online Conference (202 posts by 26 participants on 13 posters from 5 institutions), 3/3/08-3/6/08.

  16. "America Competes: Innovations in Science Education for the 21st Century," Co-organizer, Presidential Symposium at spring 2008 national ACS meeting, New Orleans, LA, 4/6/08.

  17. "Ten Years of Beckman Scholars Research in Chemistry," Organizing Committee Member, Presidential Symposium at the spring 2008 national ACS meeting, New Orleans, LA, 4/6-7/08.

  18. "Exploring the ACS Guidelines and Expectations for the First Two Years of Chemistry", Co-organizer, Symposium at Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bloomington, IN, 7/28/08.

  19. "The New ACS Guidelines for Bachelor’s Degree Programs", Symposium at Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bloomington, IN, 7/28/08.

  20. "The new ACS guidelines for undergraduate chemistry programs: Promoting excellence and innovation", Symposium at fall 2008 national ACS meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 8/18/08

  21. "WebMO Hands-On Workshop", Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics Summer School, Moreton Bay Research Station, University of Queensland, North Stradbroke Island, QLD, Australia, 12/1/08

  22. "iOpenShell Developer’s Meeting: Center for Studying Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy of Open-Shell and Electronically Excited Species," Co-organizer, University of Southern California, 1/4-6/09

  23. "Twelfth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Conference," Co-organizer, Online Conference (218 posts by 25 participants on 15 posters from 10 institutions), 2/2/09-2/5/09.

  24. "WebMO Overview and Workshop," University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 5/29/09.

  25. "WebMO Overview and Workshop," University of Sydney, Australia, 6/12/09.

  26. "WebMO Overview and Workshop," Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 6/19/09.

  27. "Introducing WebMO: A WWW-based Graphical Tool to Learn, Manage and Teach Computational Quantum Chemistry," University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 6/25/09.

  28. "Revising Hope College's Chemistry Curriculum," Organizer, Chemistry Department Retreat, 12 faculty participants, 12/14/09.

  29. "Fourteenth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Conference," Co-organizer, Online Conference (127 posts by 22 participants on 13 posters from 9 institutions), 2/8/10-2/11/10.

  30. "Implementing a Dual-Path General Chemistry Curriculum", Organizer, Chemistry Department Retreat, 12 faculty participants, 5/4/10.

  31. "PHYS Undergraduate Workshop", Symposium at fall 2010 national ACS meeting, Boston, MA, 8/22/10.

  32. "Redefining the Chemistry Major Requirements", Organizer, Chemistry Department Retreat, 12 faculty participants, 12/14/10.

  33. "Sixteenth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Conference," Co-organizer, Online Conference (207 posts by 22 participants on 17 posters from 10 institutions), 2/21/11-2/23/11.

  34. "WebMO Developer's Meeting," Co-organizer, University of Wisconsin, 8/18/11-8/19/11.

  35. "Eighteenth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Conference," Co-organizer, Online Conference (211 posts by 31 participants on 21 posters from 9 institutions), 2/7/12-29/12.

  36. "Managing Multiple Priorities", Retreat, 12 faculty participants, Hope College Chemistry Department, 5/7/12.

  37. "Summer Retreat to Plan for Revising the Guidelines for Approval of Undergraduate Chemistry Programs," Co-organizer, ACS Committee on Professional Training, Denver, CO, 6/28/12-7/1/12.

  38. "Twentieth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference," online (202 posts by 28 participants on 12 posters from 7 institutions), 2/5/13-2/7/13.

  39. "Writing in the Chemistry Curriculum", Retreat, 12 faculty participants, Hope College Chemistry Department, 12/12/13.

  40. "Twenty-Second Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference", online (283 posts by 28 participants on 15 posters from 10 institutions), 2/17-19/14

  41. "Professional Goals and Boundaries", Retreat, 12 faculty participants, Hope College Chemistry Department, 5/1/2014.

  42. "WebMO Hands-On Workshop", 2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 8/4/14.

  43. "Creative Uses of Computational Chemistry and Visualization in the Undergraduate Curriculum", 2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 8/6/14-8/7/14.

  44. "Strategies for Accomplishing Your Goals", Retreat, 12 faculty participants, Hope College Chemistry Department, 12/12/14

  45. "Twenty-Fourth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference", online (313 posts by 38 participants on 22 posters from 13 institutions), 2/16-19/15.

  46. "Deploying WebMO in the Cloud", Chemistry Collaborations Workshops & Community of Scholars, 20 faculty participants, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, 6/19/15

  47. "Twenty-Sixth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference", online (269 posts by 41 participants on 20 posters from 12 institutions), 2/1-4/16.

  48. "Twenty-Eighth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference", online (320 posts by 40 participants on 20 posters from 9 institutions), 2/6-9/17.

  49. "16th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance", Hope College, Holland, MI, 4/21/17.

  50. "WebMO Overview and Hand-On Workshop", 12 faculty participants, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society, Hershey, PA, 6/4/17.

  51. "Molecular Computation and Visualization in Undergraduate Education (MoleCVUE) - Hands-On WebMO Workshop", 25 faculty participants, Wesleyan University, Middleton, CT, 6/12/19.

  52. "Responsible Conduct of Research Training – Case Studies" (100+ summer research students), Hope College, Holland, MI, 6/26/17.

  53. "Thirtieth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference", online (234 posts by 34 participants on 20 posters from 10 institutions), 1/29/18- 2/1/18.

  54. "17th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance" (382 students from 28 departments and programs presenting research on 247 posters with over 900 visitors), Hope College, Holland, MI, 4/13/18.

  55. "Responsible Conduct of Research Training – Role Playing of Individual Responsibility" (120 students with production of an original play illustrating research ethics issues), Hope College, Holland, MI, 6/18/18.

  56. "WebMO Hands-On Workshop", 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE), 18 faculty participants, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 7/29/18

  57. "Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR) Workshops", Hope College, Holland, MI, 10/18 – 2/19.

  58. "Thirty-Second Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference", online (284 posts by 36 participants on 20 posters from 12 institutions), 2/4-7/19.

  59. "18th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance" (300+ Hope students from 28 departments and programs presenting research on 201 posters with over 900 visitors), Hope College, Holland, MI, 4/12/19.

  60. "Hands-On WebMO Workshop", Molecular Computation and Visualization in Undergraduate Education (MoleCVUE), 20 faculty participants, Wesleyan University, Middleton, CT, 6/12/19.

  61. "Responsible Conduct of Research Training - Ethical Decision Making Frameworks" (130 summer research students and faculty at a workshop to investigate ethical decision making practices), Hope College, Holland, MI, 6/28/19.

  62. "Thirty-Fourth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference", online (272 posts by 39 participants on 16 posters from 12 institutions), 2/3-6/20.

  63. "Thirty-Fifth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference", online (304 posts by 38 participants on 17 posters from 9 institutions), 7/28-31/20.

  64. "Thirty-Sixth Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) Conference", online (149 posts by 25 participants on 13 posters from 8 institutions), 2/15-18/21.

  65. "Computational Chemistry in the Classroom", 27th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE), 40 faculty participants, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 8/3/22.

 
William F. Polik 
Department of Chemistry 
Hope College 
Holland, MI 49422-9000 
 
phone: (616) 395-7639 
fax: (616) 395-7118 
email: polik@hope.edu 
url: http://www.chem.hope.edu/~polik