| The pictures are all scaled to a smaller size for better page display.Click on any picture to see it full size. Let us start in the General Chemistry (103) Laboratory where typically about 20 to 25 students are at work in an afternoon laboratory. There is plenty of room for each student to do his/her work. Each laboratory section is staffed by a faculty member and a student assistant. |
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As we can see, concentration, with close attention to detail is important. |
| During some experiments, noxious fumes are produced.
When this is the case, the procedure is done in the exhaust hood so the
air in the laboratory can remain in a satisfactory state. Dr. Greathouse
is showing a student details of a procedure. |
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During the nice Fall weather, an overview from the roof of Bewkes Hall, not accessible to all, gives an attractive view of the campus in several directions. . Here we see, on the left, Gunnison Chapel, and on the right, the new Student Center. |
| Still from the roof of Bewkes Hall, but this time looking southeast, one can see the edge of the St. Lawrence Valley and the start of the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. On the left edge of the picture is the Science Library, connected to Brown Hall, with the Geology Department, connected to Valentine Hall at the very right edge of the picture. Valentine Hall houses the Mathematics Department and classrooms for Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Psychology. The Psychology Department is in Flint Hall attached on the southerly side of the breezeway connecting Brown and Valentine Halls. |  |
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. Faculty office doors are always open, anytime the faculty member is in. No appointment is necessary (but can be arranged if desired), just drop by. Here Dr. Connett is conferring with a student. Students are our prime directive, and we want to get to know them individually. Doors are open, stop in and chat, a problem is not necessary. |
| The Organic Chemistry (221) Laboratory is directly across the Hall from the General Chemistry laboratory and a typical section has about 15 students, plus the instructor, Mrs. Dudley (in the red shirt) here and a student assistant. |  |
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Students carefully examine and evaluate the progress of their experiment. Most Organic experiments are performed at the microscale level, which means that you need good technique, and DO NOT lose anything. |
| As always, the instructor is readily available in the lab and eager to provide direction and answer questions which might arise. |  |
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Socializing is a great way for students and faculty to get to know each other. This picture and the following one are from the Fall Science picnic, October 12, 1999, in the Science Quad in front of Valentine Hall. The event was held at noon, so students could easily stop by as they finished their morning classes and before the afternoon classes or labs started. |
| This picture has a good mix of chemistry, biology, psychology majors and faculty members,as well as students who have not yet declared a major. |  |
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Here, Dr. French is lecturing to the Advanced Organic Laboratory (351) class about how an nmr spectrum is affected by molecular structure. This room is one of the new computer classrooms and is fully equiped for multimedia presentations and includes a SmartBoard. Many classrooms on campus were recently equiped with multimedia lecture desks and SmartBoards. |
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