This past week Emmanuel College celebrated Founder’s Week. This week-long event seeks to celebrate the Sisters of Notre Dame, the founding of the College itself, and the Mission the College seeks to uphold. This is one of the best times for the Department of Chemistry and Physics to reflect on ways that we, as a group, go out and uphold the Mission of the College, particularly related to service to the community. Each year members of the Department of Chemistry and Physics take part in National Chemistry Week which seeks to educate and engage the community, especially the younger generations, in a specific science topic. For example, the past NCW themes have have included “Colors of Chemistry” and “the Science of Rocks.” Another event that students take part in each spring is the Colleges of the Fenway Muddy River Symposium. All students enrolled in the Analytical Chemistry course discuss environmental impacts and collect data on water quality in the Muddy River and Emerald Necklace parks and in Boston tap water. Students volunteer to present the class findings at the Muddy River Symposium and contribute their findings to the neighborhood community. Another way the Department has upheld the Mission of the College in the past includes participating in the Boston March for Science in the spring of 2017. A group of students and faculty members marched from the Emmanuel College campus to the Boston Commons to advocate for publicly funded science, science education, and science based policy.
Each of these events, and many more, have enabled the Department of Chemistry and Physics to contribute to our community and environment that does its best to support and nourish the growth of students, faculty, and staff at Emmanuel College.
~Written by Brielle Favole ’18
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