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 REU Leadership Group Members

Member Institution Email Letters from the Chair
Eugene Billiot UT Corpus Christi ebilliot@falcon.tamucc.edu  
Jenny Brodbelt, Chair (2009 - 2010) UT Austin jbrodbelt@mail.utexas.edu 2009 Chair
Jean-Marie Dimandja Spelman University jdimandja@spelman.edu  
Jeff Evanseck, Chair Elect (2010 - 2011) Duquesne University Evanseck@duq.edu 2009 Chair Elect
Tim Hanks, Past Chair (2008-2009) Furman University tim.hanks@furman.edu 2009 Past Chair
Cindy Larive UC Riverside clarive@ucr.edu  
Sarah Larsen University of Iowa sarah-larsen@uiowa.edu  
Gloria MaGee, Past Chair (2007-2008) Xavier University of LA gmagee1@xula.edu 2008 Chair
John Vincent University of Alabama jvincent@bama.ua.edu  
Tom Wenzel Bates College twenzel@bates.edu  

 

For its first six years, LG membership remained steady at 9 members, with occasional rotations as members needed to leave the committee.  The following people were all LG members at some point during this initial phase:

Shenda Baker, Harvey Mudd College
Mary Boyd, Georgia Southern University
Ron Brisbois,  Macalester College
Jennifer Brodbelt, University of Texas, Austin
Phil Crews, University of California, Santa Cruz
Randy Duran, University of Florida
Len Fine, Columbia University
Joe Grabowski, University of Pittsburgh
David Haines, Wellesley College
Tim Hanks, Furman University
Cindy Larive, University of California, Riverside
Marya Lieberman, University of Notre Dame
Moses Lee, Hope College
Nancy Levinger, Colorado State University
Graham Peaslee, Hope College
Gloria Thomas MaGee, Xavier University of Louisiana
Scott Nickolaisen, California State University, Los Angeles
Gary Sulikowski, Texas A&M University
Steven Wietstock, Indiana University

In the last two years, the LG has evolved to the point where it now has written and adopted an official charter with a regular 3-year rotation of members and the membership has been enlarged to 14 members with an emphasis on electronic communication means as a supplement to regular meetings.

History of the REU Leadership Group

In March of 2001, the "Workshop for Chemistry REU Site Directors" (modeled after a workshop that had taken place 11 years earlier) was held at NSF. To maintain the momentum from the March 2001 workshop, and to address its recommendations, John Stevens, then the director of Special Programs in NSF Chemistry, solicited individuals to form the NSF Chemistry REU Leadership Group (LG). Working as a team, the LG crafted a plan and obtained funding for a number of initiatives in support of the chemistry REU community. The LG meets semiannually to discuss and plan action on issues related to the NSF Chemistry REU program. They serve as an important advocacy group for the chemistry undergraduate research community nationwide.

The Chemistry REU Leadership Group is composed of REU Site Directors and is supported by a special grant from the NSF. Its mission is to improve the REU program through workshops, travel grants, symposia, and other innovative activities. Members are elected to three-year terms by the current LG and are chosen to represent the broad diversity of Chemistry REU sites. If you are interested in serving on the LG, you are encouraged to contact the Chair and to participate in LG activities.

This material is based upon work supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation under Grants REU #0739442. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.