April 03, 2019- The United Nations General Assembly announced 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Elements, and Collin College is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table with a celebration from 1-3 p.m. on Thursday, April 11 at the college’s Plano Campus Living Legends Conference Center, 2800 E. Spring Creek Pkwy.
Hosted by the college’s Chemistry Department, the event is free and open to the public. The celebration will include guest speaker Dr. John Sibert, from The University of Texas at Dallas, a periodic-table-related trivia game, light food and fun prizes. Students from all campuses will have the opportunity to create element tiles that will be displayed at the Plano Campus.
For more information about the event, contact Sudha Madhugiri, chemistry discipline lead, at smadhugiri@collin.edu.
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Collin College serves more than 55,000 credit and continuing education students annually and offers more than 100 degrees and certificates. The only public college based in Collin County, Collin College is a partner to business, government and industry, providing customized training and work force development. In addition, the college operates the Collin Higher Education Center, which has an enrollment of 3,500 each year in partnership with The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas Woman’s University, Texas A&M Commerce, Texas Tech and the University of North Texas.