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Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry |
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Facilities |
| The Chemistry Department is housed in a specially designed building, Abbott Hall. Within this building, which underwent a $4.3 million remodeling, are classrooms, laboratories for teaching and research, offices and a spacious reading room. The department operates a variety of computational platforms, ranging from PC to mainframe, to address varied needs. For word processing and communications there are departmental computer labs housing 20 networked PCs and Macintoshes. For research, the Department maintains nine SGI (Silicon Graphics) workstations, two SGI Origin Servers, and four Compaq/DEC Alpha workstations (two are powerful XP1000s). A growing number of high-end PCs are also |
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configured to run Linux, or are dual boot machines that function as workstations as needed. These are connected to the campus fiber optic backbone, and thence to the world-wide Internet. In addition to typical laboratory equipment, specialized items of modern research instrumentation are housed in Abbott Hall. Undergraduates who take advanced courses and those who do undergraduate research may get hands-on experience with and take full advantage of these instruments. |
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The Chemistry Department has 14 faculty members, all of whom have earned the Ph.D. degree. Since 1985, the department and its faculty have won seven awards from the University for excellence in research and teaching. As an undergraduate. You will have the opportunity to work with the faculty and graduate students on research projects in several exciting and frontier areas of chemistry, including:
Synthetic, mechanistic and structural organic and inorganic chemistry; electrochemistry; experimental and theoretical physical chemistry; medicinal chemistry; environmental chemistry; and photochemistry of organic and organometallic compounds. |
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Chem Club |
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The Chemistry Club is a campus organization for undergraduate chemistry majors and other interested students which is affiliated with the American Chemical Society.
The Club sponsors field trips, lectures and social events and has regularly scheduled meetings. Recent activities have included:
* -field trips to regional industries and research laboratories;
* -picnics, volleyball and softball games;
* -sponsorship of students to attend and/or present papers before the North Dakota Academy of Sciences Meeting and regional Undergraduat Research Symposia.The Club also visits local high schools and junior high schools and presents an exciting chemistry "magic show" to the students. |
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| Financial Assistance |
| Ample opportunities exist for students at UND to receive financial assistance in the form of scholarships, grants, loans or employment. The Department of Chemistry annually awards five scholarships to undergraduate chemistry majors on the basis of their academic achievement. Students studying chemistry have excellent opportunities for obtaining professional employment during the academic year and the summer. Several undergraduate chemistry majors are employed by the Department of Chemistry each semester to teach laboratories or work in research. Other on-campus employment opportunities exist at the Energy and Environmental Research Center, and there are employment opportunities with the U. S. Potato Research Laboratory. Recently, chemistry students from UND have held summer appointments with the 3M Company, the USDA Metabolism and Radiation Research Center, the University of Notre Dame, North Dakota State University, the University of Iowa and Argonne National Laboratories. |
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| Beyond the Bachelor's Degree |
Traditionally, bachelors graduates have pursued one of three paths after receiving their degree: high school teaching, further education in a graduate program or professional school, or a job as an industrial chemist.
The recent focus by the government on improving the quality of secondary education, particularly in science and mathematics, has meant that more positions are available for chemistry teachers in post-elementary schools.
Chemistry students who attend graduate school following completion of their Bachelors degree are assured of complete financial assistance. Currently, graduate students in chemistry are in demand. Students with good academic records will have their choice of graduate schools to attend. Recent graduates from UND have pursued graduate studies at schools such as UC Berkeley, University of Utah, University of Minnesota and University of Indiana.
The demand for chemists in industry remains high in today's high technology world. For example, in 1997 the median salary for all B. S. chemists in industrial positions was $50,000 and the median starting salary for new graduates was $35,000, with an unemployment rate of only two percent. |
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About UND |
The University of North Dakota was founded in 1883 in Grand Forks, which was then a settlement in the Dakota Territory. It has continually prospered and has grown to an enrollment of over 12,400 students.
The University of North Dakota is the state's largest institution of higher learning and is nationally recognized for its quality of education. It is fully accredited by the North Central Association of American Universities and is a charter member of the Council on Graduate Study in the United States.
University of North Dakota Campus
The main campus area of 475 acres contains more than two hundred buildings with a total floor space of 4.9 million square feet. Institutional diversity and comprehensiveness is reflected by the fact that instruction is offered in 170 fields of study through 60 departments organized into 11 degree-granting colleges and schools. The University is unique because it offers the friendliness of a small campus and the wide study program of a large university.
A wide range of opportunities for cultural enrichment, recreation and entertainment is available on the campus. The presence of the Hughes Fine Arts Center, opened in 1974, and the Chester Fritz Auditorium on the UND campus has greatly enhanced the presentation of a wide variety of cultural and entertainment events. Along with Burtness Theater, these facilities provide an extensive schedule of plays, concerts, recitals, lectures and other programs. Art exhibits are frequently displayed in the University Art Gallery which is housed in the North Dakota Museum of Art. A variety of multi-cultural events are also organized throughout the year by the International Student and Indian Cultural Centers.
The University of North Dakota participates in NCAA Division I and II sports and is highly competitive in many areas. Some of the best and most exciting Division I ice hockey is played at the university. High caliber football is also a tradition at UND. In recent years, men's teams in baseball and basketball have achieved high national recognition and women's teams in basketball, as well as track and field, have also been ranked well at the national level.
The Chemistry Department is housed in Abbott Hall, which is conveniently located across the street from the University's Athletic Complex which contains three gymnasiums, an olympic-size swimming pool, racquetball and handball courts and facilities for numerous other sports. Facilities are also available nearby for ice skating, golf, tennis and field sports. Chemistry graduate students typically have organized intramural teams in basketball, volleyball, and softball. |
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| Contact Information |
For more information regarding Chemistry contact:
Chemistry Department
University of North Dakota
Abbott Hall Room 236
151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
Telephone (701) 777-2741
Email: info@chem.und.edu
For general enrollment information, contact:
Enrollment Services
University of North Dakota
Carnegie Hall Room 100
250 Centennial Drive Stop 8135
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8135
Telephone: 1-800-CALL UND or 1-701-777-4463
Email: enrollment_services@mail.und.nodak.edu
http://go.und.edu
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