S.T.E.M. Club

Focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering & Math

The S.T.E.M. Club meets during the noon hour (12:00-12:50pm) in Room 228 on the following Wednesdays.

Date	Title	Speaker
11/30/11	A UW-WC Alumna Success Story!	Dr. Brenda Holland
12/14/11	One in a Billion: A Boy's Life, A Medical Mystery	MSOE Center Staff
2/8/12	Current Plant Diseases	Dr. Brian Hudelson
2/19-25	Celebrating National Engineers Week
2/22/12	Development of a video game recruitment tool for the Industrial Engineering program at MSOE	Dr. Charlene Yauch
3/14/12	Science and Media	Dr. Dominique Brossard
3/28/12	Odd Pie Fights	Dr. John Koker, UW-O
April	Celebrating National Mathematics Awareness Month
Thursday, 4/12/12	How to Tell the Truth with Statistics	Dr. Richard Chappell UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison
4/22-28	Celebrating Earth Week - Theme: "Recycling"
Thursday, 4/26/12	Recycling - Going Beyond the Bin	Mr. Joseph VanRossum, UW-Extension Solid & Hazardous Waste Education Center, UW-Madison

The S.T.E.M. club, formerly known as Science & Math Club, was established in fall 2000. It encourages students’ active participation and leadership role in all S.T.E.M. fields and disciplines, including Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Nursing, Physics, Astronomy, Medicine, and Pharmacy. 

The club welcomes everyone and charges no admission.

To Join

If you are interested in joining the S.T.E.M. Club or need more information,  please contact:
Dr. Mohamed Ayoub 
(262) 335-5250, ext. 234.

Spring 2012 Officers:
President: Scott Zinky
Vice-President: Theodore Tracy
Secretary:Leah Uecker
Treasurer:Daniel Paegelow
Club Founder & Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohamed Ayoub

The main goals of the Science and Math Club are to:

• Facilitate and enhance students’ understanding of S.T.E.M.
• Promote students’ active involvement and participation in co-curricular S.T.E.M.-based activities
• Attract, recruit and retain more students in the S.T.E.M. fields
• Help form a S.T.E.M. community on campus
• Strengthen the links among the S.T.E.M. departments
• Build relationships with the local and regional industry and research institutions
• Assist in improving the teaching and learning of S.T.E.M. on campus

Internship Program: Student paid internship programs between UW-WC Chemistry Department and several area companies have been established. Firms include: Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals, Chem-Tech International in Random Lake and Serigraph, Inc. (Research & Development) in West Bend.  Additional collaborative projects are being developed with the local industry as well as area public schools.

Tree Planting at UW-WC in celebration of 2012 Earth Week and Arbor Day

Wednesday April 26, 2012, S.T.E.M. Club Seminar
Title: “Recycling-Going Beyond the Bin”
Speaker: Mr. Joseph Van Rossum, Recycling Specialist and Director, UW-Extension Solid & Hazardous Waste Education Center, UW-Madison

Wednesday April 12, 2012, S.T.E.M. Club Seminar
Title: “How to Tell the Truth with Statistics”
Speaker: Dr. Richard Chappell, Professor, Dept. of Statistics, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison

Wednesday March 28, 2012, S.T.E.M. Club Seminar
Title: “Odd Pie Fights”
Speaker: Dr. John Koker, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Dean,
College of Letters and Science, UW-Oshkosh

Wednesday March 14, 2012, S.T.E.M. Club Seminar
Title: “Science and Media”
Speaker: Dr. Dominique Brossard, Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison

Wednesday February 22, 2012, S.T.E.M. Club Seminar
Title: Development of a Video Game Recruitment Tool for the MSOE Industrial Engineering Program
Speaker: Dr. Charlene A. Yauch, P.E., Associate Professor and Program Director, Industrial Engineering Program, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee

Wednesday February 8, 2012, S.T.E.M. Club Seminar
Title: Current Plant Diseases
Speaker: Dr. Brian Hudelson, Director, Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic, Dept. of Plant Pathology, UW-Madison

 

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 S.T.E.M. Club Seminar
Title: A UW-WC Alumna Success Story
Speaker: Dr. Brenda Holland, DC, D.I.C.C.P., Chiropractic Company, Germantown

Wednesday November 16, 2011, S.T.E.M. Club Seminar
Celebrating Geographic Information System (GIS) Day!
Title: GIS Technology Applications at Washington County
Speaker: Mr. Eric Damkot, GISP, GIS Manager/LIO,
Planning and Parks Dept., Washington County

Wednesday November 2, 2011, S.T.E.M. Club Seminar
Title: “Bird City Wisconsin”
Speaker: Mr. Carl Schwartz, Coordinator, Bird City Wisconsin

Student Science Poster Display: Celebrating National Chemistry Week,
October 16-22, 2011: Theme: “Chemistry – Our Health, Our Future!”

October 19, 2011
Chemistry: Supporting Bioengineering Applications
Aimed at Promoting Better Health
Speaker: Dr. Robert Todd, Chairperson of American Chemical Society-Milwaukee & Lead Scientist, R&D, Sigma-Aldrich, Sheboygan

Wednesday October 5, 2011, 12:00 noon, room 228: S.T.E.M. Club Seminar

Title: “Experience Science as Exploring the Unknown”

Speaker: Dr. Thomas Zinnen, The Biotechnology Center, UW-Madison and UW-Extension

National Chemistry Week (October 17-21, 2011) Activities
Theme: "Chemistry: Our Health, Our Future"

More than 30 students are participating in this year’s National Chemistry Week (NCW) activities at the University of Wisconsin-Washington County, October 17-21, 2011. These activities are part of the International Year of Chemistry (2011). The theme of this year’s NCW is “Chemistry: Our Health, Our Future” and students are researching and presenting different chemical topics related to “Health and Wellness” with a science poster display addressing the following topics: iron, potassium, sodium, iodine, chlorine, sulfur, fluorine, magnesium, nitrogen, calcium, clove, cinnamon, pepper, water, vitamins, various types of medicine, etc. The poster display will be at the Collins Science Building near room 228. A book display on this year’s theme is presented at the campus library.
May 4, 2011
Celebrating 2011: International Year of Chemistry

Wednesday May 4, 2011, Science & Math Club Seminar
Title: "Eating Ammonia and Breathing Rust: Alien Life Forms on Earth!"
Speaker: Dr. Andy Pacheco, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UW-Milwaukee

April 20, 2011
Title: “Quad Graphics Inc. Sustainable Building Features
and Environmental Practices”
 Speaker: Ms. Cheryl Moran, Corporate Environmental, CHMM, LEED O&M, Quad/Graphics, Sussex

May 4, 2011
Title: “Eating Ammonia and Breathing Rust: Alien Life Forms of Earth!”
Speaker: Dr. Andy Pacheco, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UW-Milwaukee

April 20, 2011
Title: "Quad Graphics Inc. Sustainable Building Features and Environment Practices"
Speaker: Ms. Cheryl Moran, Corporate Environmental, CHMM, LEED O&M, Quad/Graphics, Sussex

March 30, 2011
Title: “Vaccines: Can You Imagine Public Health Without Them?”
Speaker: Dr. Peter Shult, Director, Communicable Disease Division and Emergency Laboratory Response, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison

March 9, 2011
Title: “Media and Science”
Speaker: Dr. Dominique Brossard, Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison

February 23, 2011
Title: "Driver Distraction"
Speaker:Dr. John Lee and Dr. Bobbie Seppelt, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, UW-Madison

Guest Speakers:  Guest speakers have included : Mr. Mike Terlizzi (Vice President for New Development, Serigraph Inc.), Mr. Alan Hoeschel (Chief Chemist, Serigraph, Inc.), Dr. Heidi Fencl (Director of the UWS Women Program, UW-Oshkosh), Mr. Richard Katschke (Medical College of Wisconsin), Dr. Mike Cahill (Physics, UWWC), Dr. Ro Cahill (Math, UWWC), Dr. Mohamed Ayoub (Chemistry, UW-WC), Ms. Ann Morris (School of Engineering, UW-Madison), Dr. Wayne Schaefer and Dr. Toye Ekunsanmi (Biology, UW-WC), Mr. John Pike (The F. Dohmen Co), Dr. Waleed Qoronfleh (Pierce Co.), Dr. Thomas Holmes (UW-Milwaukee), Mr. David Parkinson (Hydrite Chemical Co.), Mr. Daryl Jaeger (Weasler Engineering Inc.), Dr. Anders Schenstrom (Chair, Physics and Chemistry Department, Milwaukee School of Engineering), Professor Emeritus Tom Gross (Arts, UW-WC), and Dr. Peng Gao (Aldrich Co.), Mr. Timothy Schmidt (Founder and President, Schmidt Engineering, Inc.), Mr. Randall Plekker (Executive Vice President, SYSCO Food Service of Eastern Wisconsin), Ms. Tiffany Larson (St. Joseph Community Hospital), Dr. Brent McCowen (Horticulture, UW-Madison), Professor Cindy Brown (Program Director and Coordinator, Clinical Laboratory, UW-Milwaukee), Mr. Terrance Kiekhaefer (Director of Public Works, West Bend), Mr. Dan Peplinski (Senior Hydrogeologist, Layne Christensen, Inc.), Mr. Jim Kell (Superintendent, West Bend Water Utility). The Science and Math Club also arranges visits and field trips to local companies such as Serigraph, Inc., etc.