We are very excited to welcome Ellyn Schuette, our newest Outreach Coordinator! Ellyn has a background we thought everyone would like to learn about, especially during National Chemistry Week. Take it away, Ellyn! Hi everyone! I’m the newest member of CEF, and I’m happy to be here! Before joining CEF, I spent one year in […]
Dow and the Chemical Educational Foundation (CEF) are teaming up to give students K-8 an opportunity to win up to $7,500 in grant funding for their schools’ STEM program! All you have to do to qualify is create a video 60 seconds or less in length that responds to the following prompt: Chemistry is […]
We are proud to be featured in Brenntag’s Sustainability Report for 2016! Brenntag North America has supported us for nearly ten years, both financially and through their involvement in the You Be The Chemist Challenge®. John Rice, CEF Executive Director, praised Brenntag North America for their contribution saying, “Their financial and employee volunteer support of the You Be The […]
All packed up and ready to go! Thanks to Quaker Chemical Foundation’s support, 250 packets of resources to key education leaders around Quaker facilities nationwide are headed out the door.
We are excited to announce registration for the 2017 You Be The Chemist® Challenge will open on Monday, September 12th! Information on how the Challenge works and where Challenge Sites are located is available here. The Challenge program corresponds with the academic school year, which means new schools and students register to participate during the fall, then […]
In honor of teachers and students heading back to the classroom, we’re offering a sale on our You Be The Chemist Activity Guide flash drives – and each purchase comes with a FREE periodic table poster.
Want to work at CEF to promote high-quality science education for communities across the US? You’re in luck!
Dow Chemical hosted seventeen elementary and middle school teachers at the company’s Houston Dow Center for a You Be The Chemist Essential Elements professional development workshop.
After eleven rounds of increasingly tough competition, Jevin won in the Championship Tiebreaker Round and the crowd of over 390 attendees celebrated his victory.
We will be behind the scenes on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook throughout the event!
