East Alabama West Georgia ACS Local Section

Welcome to the East Alabama West Georgia Local Section website. We are a local section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and represent a combined 21 counties throughout the East Alabama and West Georgia regions. Our mission is to provide professional development to chemists within our region through organizational events and collaborative opportunities.

Latest News from our local section

2025 Election Results

The EAWG local section held our annual election for executive officers in October 2025. Shown below are the election results and periods of service for each position. All positions will begin on January 1, 2026.

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Destination STEM Outreach Event

Faculty and students from the EAWG local section participated in Destination STEM, hosted at Auburn University, on October 15, 2025. This event welcomes over 1000 middle school students to explore different STEM fields through interactive exhibits. The EAWG booth featured a chemical reaction puzzle game that emphasized the law of conservation of mass. Students were…

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National Chemistry Olympiad 2025

The local section participated in the National Chemistry Olympiad competition in April. Catherine Situma of Auburn University administered the national exam to 11 local high school students representing Auburn High School, The Montgomery Academy, and Columbus High School. The exam took place at Auburn University where student completed written and laboratory practical exams. Thank you…

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2nd Annual Research Symposium

We held our 2nd Annual Research Symposium on March 1, 2025 in Columbus, GA. This meeting was organized by faculty from Columbus State University (Jonathan Meyers and Monica Frazier) and featured participation of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students from Auburn University, Troy University, Tuskegee University, and Columbus State University. This year, all oral and poster…

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2024 Local Section Elections

Thank you to all who participated in the election process for our 2025 Executive Committee. Elected officials for the 2025 calendar year are listed below. Three year elected positions of Councilor and Members At-Large were as follows: Revised bylaws for the local section were also unanimously voted in favor of accepting. These bylaws can now…

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New Website!

The new and improved website for the East Alabama West Georgia Local Section is now live. We hope this site will continue to be a resource for chemist within our local ACS section.

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East Alabama West Georgia ACS Local Section

About

Our goal is to promote the professional development of chemists in the East Alabama and West Georgia regions.

Contact us

  • Chair – Byron Farnum (farnum@auburn.edu)
  • Secretary – Christopher Grieco (czg0090@auburn.edu)

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