Overview of the ISU Facillities in the 18th BCCE          
                                     

Iowa State University has a large campus with the main academic buildings spread out over a three mile square area. The campus of ISU is similar in size to the campus of the University of California - Davis which served as the host for the 12th BCCE. There will be four campus areas involved in the 18th BCCE: the Iowa State Center (Scheman, CY Stephens, & Hilton); Maple-Willow-Larch Dorms; Frederiksen Court Apartments; and the science buildings (Gilman Hall, Physics, Molecular Biology, Science I, and Science II) located on the north central part of campus.

          
                                           

ISU Facilities Involved in the 18th BCCE

 

              
                                           
 

 

The Iowa State Center

Scheman Conference Building, CY Stephens Auditorium, and Hilton Coliseum. The location of the Iowa State Center is on the corner of Lincoln Way and Elwood Drive.
                             

Scheman Conference Center will serve as the main hub for the 18th BCCE. Scheman Conference Center has a 400 seat auditorium, an atrium, food service, registration desk, and meeting rooms on two floors. Scheman is located directly across the street from the Maple-Willow-Larch Dorm Complex. There will be free parking available to all conference participants within a short walk of Scheman. Here is what will take place in Scheman:

  • 40% of the symposia sessions
  • special presentations in Benton Auditorium
  • all of the poster sessions
  • the Exhibits
  • the 18th BCCE Registration Desk and Conference Problem Solving Desk
  • computers with Internet connections
  • food and drink service, sponsored by the Exhibitors, will be located in the exhibit area. Snacks and beverages will be available during breaks and when the exhibits are open.
    
                                     
       
           
                                           
                   
                                           

 

 

        

CY Stephens Auditorium

The plenary sessions will use the 2,000 seat CY Stephens Auditorium. CY Stephens is located adjacent to the Scheman Conference Building and is one block away from the the MWL dorm complex.

        
                                     
                                           

Maple-Willow-Larch Dorm Complex

Housing for 1,500 in three air-conditioned buildings clustered together. Maple was remodeled in 1999 and has all extra nice rooms. The common dining hall has seating for 650. We hope you choose the on-campus meal plan so that you can interact with as many conference participants during meals as possible. There are nooks and crannies in the dining hall for groups to meet during meals. The dining hall staff is experienced in serving adults attending conferences. The food service staff at ISU take special pride in preparing quality meals for students and conference attendees. Several special theme meals are being planned. Vegetarian and Vegan meals will be carefully planned for each setting. The 18th BCCE Housing Registration Desk will be located in the commons area. Lounges, meeting rooms, a PC and a Mac computer lab. Reasonable rates. Free parking adjacent to the dorm complex is available for conference participants choosing on-campus dorm accomodations.
North-Central Science Buildings Gilman, Physics, Molecular Biology, Science I, Science II

The North-central science buildings are located a good 20-minute walk through the scenic ISU campus from the MWL dorm complex. The science buildings are a good 25-minute walk from the Scheman Conference building. Here is what will occur in these buildings:

  • 20% of the symposia sessions
  • all of the workshops.
  • all workshop participants and presenters must be registered with the BCCE conference.
  • any classroom chemistry demonstrations or lecture demonstration sessions will occur in Gilman Hall.
  • the parameters for doing chemical demonstrations will be provided during the abstract submission stage.
  

Chemical Demonstration Notice!

Demonstrators must adhere to the ACS Division of Chemical Education Chemical Demonstration Guidelines.

The Department of Chemistry will NOT provide chemicals for any chemical demonstration other than Fortman's Event.

                                         
  There will be a BCCE campus shuttle bus route operating during the conference. The bus route will connect MWL dorms, Frederiksen Court, the science buildings, the engineering buildings, the ISU Memorial Union, and Scheman Conference Building. A shuttle route and shuttle schedule will be posted. The campus buses are called CY-RIDE.    
   
     
  Frederiksen Court
                 
  Science Area - North Central Campus
     
 

The science buildings are located a good 15-minute walk diagonal across campusfrom the MWL dorm complex or a 20 minute walk from the Scheman Conference building. Here is what will occur in these buildings:

  • 40% of the symposia sessions
  • all of the workshops
  • any chemistry demonstration sessions or workshops
  • all of the computer workshops.

Tuesday Evening Chemistry Demonstrations

Coordinator: John Fortman, Wright State University, Dayton, OH.

Email: john.fortman@wright.edu

The demonstrations are scheduled to occur after the 18th BCCE Banquet in Hilton Coliseum on Tuesday evening.
This web page was up-dated on August 4, 2003 by Professor Tom Greenbowe, Department of Chemistry, ISU, Ames, Iowa 50011 (bcce@iastate.edu).