The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS) is offering four Lyman C. Newell Grants for the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers’72nd Annual Summer Conference. This year, the conference is being held at Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, MA. Details for the conference can be obtained at <NEACT.org>. The total fees for Monday evening through Thursday morning, including registration, room and board, banquets and socials, are approximately $360.00. Each Newell Grant will be for $225, paid to the NEACT Summer Conference Registrar/ Treasurer.

While preference will be given to teachers who are new to teaching or returning to teaching, the awards are
open to all secondary school chemistry teachers. Applicants need not be members of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society or of
NEACT. Apply to NEACT directly. Please contact Kathy Siok <Kathys5@ cox.net> the Registrar -Treasurer at
NEACT or contact her by mail at: 86 Spring Road, North Kingstown, RI 02852, or via phone at 401.885.1608.

Please make contact as soon as possible. There is no deadline for applying for the Grant. You will be asked to provide the following information:

• Name, address and home telephone
  number
• Number of years you have been
  teaching
• Present school, the courses you
  taught this year and the courses you
  expect to teach next year
• Why you are a good candidate for a
  grant
• Whether you are interested in a partial
  or full grant.
  

The Lyman C. Newell Grants commemorate a former chair of the Northeastern Section who was a distinguished chemist, teacher, and historian of chemistry. For many years he was chair of the Chemistry Department at Boston University. Lyman Newell served as the first president of NEACT from 1898 to 1900 and expressed a continuing interest in training chemistry students throughout his long career. His efforts are continued by grants that bear his name.