Events & Resources

Upcoming Events

  • New Faculty Workshop:听 July 23-26, 2025, Washington D.C.
    • available March 1
  • Department Chairperson Workshop: July 10-13, 2025, Washington D.C.听
    • available April 1
  • New for 2025: Mid-Career Faculty Workshop: June 12-15, 2025, Washington D.C.
    • For faculty interested in re-invigorating their teaching
    • available March 1听 听 听 听听
  • Department Chair Lunch (Topic - TBD): March 23, 2025
    • This luncheon will be held at the ACS Spring meeting in San Diego

Past Events

  • Symposia (Sponsored by CPT)
    • March 2024: Markers of Excellence in ACS Approved Chemistry Programs(ACS Spring 2024)
  • Open Meetings (CPT)
    • October 2023: Applying the 2023 Guidelines (听听recording)
  • Chairperson Discussions听
    • January 2024:听Green Chemistry and the ACS Guidelines.听 (via Padlet).
    • October 2023: Recruiting and Retaining Faculty and Staff (discussion notes)
    • January 2023: Learning Loss ()
    • October 2022:听 A Conversation with Industry Folks (discussion notes and )
    • April 2022:听 The Use of Teaching Evaluations in Tenure and Promotion Decisions ()
    • January 2022:听 Resiliance for Academic Leaders (Dr. Leslie Bira, )
    • October, 2021: General Chemistry Reform through a DEIR Lens (; ).听 Presentation from Dr. Sam Pazicni, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    • July 2021: Best Practices for New Department Chairs. Discussion notes available upon request (cpt@acs.org)
    • April 2021: Academic Integrity.听 Discussion notes available upon request (cpt@acs.org)
    • January 2021:听 COVID and Departmental Budgets: It's All About the Money
    • October 2020: Teaching Labs in the Time of COVID - Revisited
    • July 2020: Teaching Labs in the Time of COVID

Teaching Labs in the Time of COVID-19

On July 29, 2020, ACS's Education Division hosted a virtual meeting of faculty members and department chairs from ACS Approved institutions to discuss teaching labs in the time of COVID-19. The discussions resulted in a set of notes and other resources for those who are faced with new challenges of teaching labs face-to-face, virtually or a hybrid.