2019 has been a wonderful and successful year for our chapter. We have:
Received corporate sponsorships for our Scholar Award event totaling $5000 from 4 sponsors: Boston Scientific, Medtronic & Fredrikson& Byron, and Carla Blumberg.
Won $2500 in the ARCS National Every Chapter Challenge with 100% of the Minnesota Chapter
Join us for one of our monthly Happy Hours, in either the east or west metro areas. These are are fun events filled with stimulating conversation and networking. Happy hours are also a wonderful time for women interested in ARCS to come learn more about our organization.
Judy Benham from our Chapter went to see Jayshree Seth, 3M's Science Advocate speak at a Minnesota American Chemical Society meeting on November 12th. It contained a 30-minute presentation about 3M's State of Science survey, where they interviewed people from 14 countries to assess their views on science, followed by... Read more
The Minnesota ARCS Chapter celebrated its Scholar event on October 24, 2019 at the Cargill Building on the University of Minnesota campus. The Chapter honored six Scholars from five departments, which is the most Scholars the Chapter has had at one time. Read more
The Minnesota Chapter celebrated its 10th anniversary at Crooners Lounge on July 23, 2019. It was a wonderful way to celebrate all of our accomplishments over the past 10 years. To date, we are proud to have given $165,000 to eighteen graduate students in five departments at the University of... Read more
Join us for our all-member celebration and social event at Crooner’s Lounge on Tuesday July 23 from 6-8 pm. Come celebrate all that we have accomplished in 10 years and learn about what is... Read more
The Minnesota Chapter celebrated the 9th annual Scholar Award Event at the newly re-opened Bell Museum of Natural History on the University of Minnesota campus.
It was a beautiful venue to celebrate this year's Scholars:
ARCS Foundation’s highest honor for volunteer work is given annually to a member from each chapter. This year the ARCS Light Awardee from the Minnesota Chapter is Judith L. Benham, Ph.D.
Judy served as President of ARCS Foundation Minnesota Chapter 2011-2014. She is being honored for her leadership as Vice President of University... Read more
On October 26, 2017 the ARCS Minnesota Chapter Scholar Award event was held at the beautiful Bakken Museum. We gave ARCS Scholar awards to three new outstanding graduate students from the University of Minnesota: Lizzy Crist, Kate Jensen and Collette Rogers. Read more
On October 26, 2017 the ARCS Minnesota Chapter Scholar Award event was held at the beautiful Bakken Museum. We gave ARCS Scholar awards to three new outstanding graduate students from the University of Minnesota: Lizzy Crist, Kate Jensen and Collette Rogers.