Announcements for Spring 2012

The UNO Chemistry Department is presently searching for a lab instructor to teach some of its labs in Chemistry. You may go to the Employment Page for further information by clicking HERE.

The UNO Chemistry Department is currently accepting applications from interested students for its 2012-2013 academic scholarships. The deadline for all applications is Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 5:00 PM. Please click HERE for further information on each of the scholarships and for the applications to be able to apply for them.

The UNO Chemistry Department has a special Talent Scholarship available to new students incoming to the university from the high schools or transferring into the university from another college or university elsewhere. Each year we are able to give out two scholarships of approximately $600 each to declared Chemistry Majors, and one scholarship to a student enrolled in the pre-pharmacy program (pre-professional program). You can click HERE to be taken directly to the information specific to these few scholarships.

The UNO Chemistry Department would like to announce the retirements of Dr. James Carroll (our Department Chair) and Mrs. Christine Fink (one of our lab instructors). Both Dr. Carroll and Mrs. Fink have given tremendous service to not only the Chemistry Department, but all of its students taking Chemistry courses at the university. The retirement party is scheduled for Thursday, April 19, 2012, from 4:30-6:00 PM. It will be held at the Thompson Alumni Center on the UNO Campus. All are welcome to attend! (Further details will be released soon!)

*More information on the retirement party will be forthcoming.

The UNO Chem Club is proud to annouce the date of the Chem Club Awards Banquet which has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Milo Bail Student Center. Invitations will be sent out the end of March for those students receiving awards; others wishing to attend the banquet can start RSVP'ing after April 9, 2012.