Chemistry Picnic
Brats, Burgers, and Big Woods!

If you signed up for the picnic, remember that it’s this Friday, May 21, at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, starting at about 4:30 p.m.  There will be food, drinks, and entertainment.  A bus is scheduled to leave from First Street, near the Nevada Street intersection, at 4:30 p.m., and it will return to campus somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m.

Seminar Announcement

No seminar this week.

Periodic Table Meets This Week

Periodic Table meets this Thursday in the East Dining Hall “Class of ’51 Dining Room.”  We meet at noon in the chemistry hallway and walk over together, or you can join us there.  If you are off board, the department will cover your lunch.

Interested in Teaching?

St. Paul Academy and Summit School, a coeducational, college preparatory day school for students in kindergarten through grade 12, has an opening for a high school chemistry teacher.  The school serves approximately 860 students from throughout the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.  For additional information, please visit their website at www.spa.edu.

SPA seeks candidates for the position of Upper School Science Teacher.  This is a full-time, long-term position beginning in late August, 2010.  Candidates should be qualified to teach both chemistry and either physics or biology.  In addition, candidates should be able to advise students effectively and otherwise contribute to the life of the school outside the classroom.  Candidates should support the mission of SPA and the vision of the Upper School.  Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled.  Interested candidates should submit, at a minimum, a letter of interest, current resume, and three references.  St. Paul Academy and Summit School is committed to diversity and equal opportunity.