Mid-Hudson Section Winners
2004
Local NCW Poster Contest Entry Wins Honorable Mention
in
San
Diego
The Mid-Hudson Section is very pleased to announce that Taylor
Garrison of
Bishop
Dunn
Memorial
School
in
Newburgh
was an honorable mention awardee in the NCW 2004 Poster Contest.
K-12 students were asked to design
a poster based on the 2004 NCW theme, "Health & Wellness."
Taylor
’s
poster was one of three submitted by the Mid-Hudson Section to the National
ACS. Winners of the national
prizes were selected at the 229th ACS national meeting in
San Diego
in March 2005. The prize for
honorable mentions was a set of hand-held two-way radios.
Congratulations to
Taylor
!
2002 National Chemistry Poster Competition
“Chemistry Keeps Us Clean”
3rd-5th Grade First Place Winner
Marco DiBello from St. Joseph School
Prize Award: digital camera
2001 National Chemistry Poster Competition
“Celebrating Chemistry: Then and Now”- Catherine George
Catherince George from the Mid-Hudson Section won the national prize
in the 6th-8th grade category for her poster on “The Impact of the Chemistry on Medicine: Then and Now”.
The poster competition, designed for K-12 grade students, was held during 2001 National Chemistry Week
in recognition of the role of chemistry in society. The theme of the poster competition was “Celebrating
Chemistry: Then and Now". Participants were invited to draw a poster illustrating how chemists or chemistry
has contributed to the quality of our lives in the past 125 years.
The Mid-Hudson section sponsored the contest in November and the first place winning posters were
sent to ACS for further judging. All of the entries were displayed and judged during the 223rd ACS National
Meeting at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. A first place winner and an honorable mention were
selected from each grade category. The winners of the poster design contest were awarded a $500 U.S. savings
bond; the honorable mentions won a $100 gift certificate redeemable for NCW items.