{"id":10201,"date":"2018-02-02T11:33:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T15:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=10201"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:45:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:45:42","slug":"chem-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/chem-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"K Students Win Battle of Chem Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the seven Kalamazoo College Chemistry Club members who won the annual Battle of the Chem Clubs last weekend at Michigan State University. Bri Leddy, Audrey Thomas, Chris Vennard, Liz Knox, Maria Fujii, Jake Sypniewski and Adam Decker competed in four rounds of chemistry trivia and laboratory-based games before taking on Hope and Olivet in the playoffs, which consisted of a speed titration and a Winter Olympics-themed race.<\/p>\n

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Bri Leddy, Audrey Thomas, Chris Vennard, Liz Knox, Maria Fujii, Jake Sypniewski and Adam Decker represented Kalamazoo College in the Battle of the Chem Clubs at Michigan State University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Twelve teams from Michigan including Michigan State, Aquinas, Wayne State and the University of Michigan-Flint participated along with the University of Toledo. The schools were not separated into size or public and private divisions, meaning the title was an overall championship. K\u2019s representatives also finished with the fastest and most accurate speed titration, winning an award for that, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited that we beat such tough competitors from both rival schools and large institutions,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cWe showed we, as a small college, could hold our own against the best in the state. It\u2019s nice to bring home a win, too, because it helps showcase our fantastic chemistry department<\/a> in a good light to prospective majors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the seven Kalamazoo College Chemistry Club members who won the annual Battle of the Chem Clubs last weekend at Michigan State University. 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Bri Leddy, Audrey Thomas, Chris Vennard, Liz Knox, Maria Fujii, Jake Sypniewski and Adam Decker competed in four rounds of chemistry trivia and laboratory-based games before taking on Hope and Olivet in the playoffs, which consisted of a speed titration and a Winter Olympics-themed race.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10207\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10207 size-large\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/Chemistry-Club-4-600x325.jpeg\" alt=\"Battle of the Chem Clubs team\" width=\"584\" height=\"316\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bri Leddy, Audrey Thomas, Chris Vennard, Liz Knox, Maria Fujii, Jake Sypniewski and Adam Decker represented Kalamazoo College in the Battle of the Chem Clubs at Michigan State University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Twelve teams from Michigan including Michigan State, Aquinas, Wayne State and the University of Michigan-Flint participated along with the University of Toledo. The schools were not separated into size or public and private divisions, meaning the title was an overall championship. K\u2019s representatives also finished with the fastest and most accurate speed titration, winning an award for that, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited that we beat such tough competitors from both rival schools and large institutions,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cWe showed we, as a small college, could hold our own against the best in the state. It\u2019s nice to bring home a win, too, because it helps showcase our fantastic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/chemistry\/\">chemistry department<\/a> in a good light to prospective majors.\u201d<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10209,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10201\/revisions\/10209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10201"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=10201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}