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Name: Ferren, Larry G. - Ph.D.
Department: CHEM -- Chemistry

Outside teaching activities

Year:

Item:

1999

Lecture, ACCA Chemistry Seminar Series, "Methods of Radiation Detection."

Professional activities

Year:

Item:

2009

Traveled with ONU Tropical Ecology class to Costa Rica for 12 days.

2009

Served as Placement Officer of MACTLAC (Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers of Liberal Arts Colleges)

2008

Team member, Chemistry Department review, Greenville College, Greenville, IL

2005

Elected secretary-treasurer of MACTLAC for three-year term.

2004

Served as president for the Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers of Liberal Arts Colleges.

2000

MACTLAC Placement Officer for small colleges in the Midwest.

1997

MACTLAC Placement Officer for Small Colleges in the Midwest.

1991 April

Helped organize and put on Informational Forum for Alzheimer's Association, Joliet.

1991

MACTLAC placement officer for small colleges in the Midwest.

1990

Treasurer of American Chemical Society, Joliet Section.

Recitals, fine art exhibits

Year:

Item:

2006 April

Barbershop show presented at BBCHS Auditorium featuring music in the barbershop style.

2006

Numerous performances of the barbershop chorus for small groups and clubs in Kankakee and surrounding counties.

Travel

Year:

Item:

2009

Spent two weeks touring Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa

2008

Toured Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania

2006 Summer

Traveled to Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji.

2005

Spent two weeks touring the Peru, Ecuador, and Galapagos Islands.

2005

Three-week trip to China and Tibet, summer 2005.

2001

Traveled to Eastern Europe, visiting Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

2001

Accompanied a group of Olivet students to Costa Rica for studies in tropical ecology, summer 2001.

1997

Traveled to South Korea, visited Korean Nazarene College, December 1997.

Community service

Year:

Item:

2006

Secretary-treasurer, Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers of Liberal Arts Colleges (MACTLAC).

2006

Served as secretary-treasurer and placement officer of MACTLAC (Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers of Liberal Arts Colleges).

1998

Volunteer, Riverside Medical Center Radiology Department.

1998

Member, Finance Committee, Development Committee, Advisory Board, Kankakee Chapter of Alzheimer's Association.

1998

MACTLAC Placement Officer for Small Colleges in the Midwest.

1997

Member, Finance Committee/Advisory Board for Kankakee Chapter of Alzheimer's Association.

1997

Volunteer, Department of Radiology, Riverside Medical Center.

1996

Member, Finance Committee, Kankakee Chapter of Alzheimer's Association.

1996

Riverside Medical Center, Department of Radiology Volunteer.

1996

MACTLAC Placement Officer for Small Colleges in the Midwest.

1996

Secretary, Kankakee Valleyaire Barbershop Chorus.

1995

Secretary, Kankakee Valleyaire Barbershop Chorus.

1995

MACTLAC Placement Officer for Small Colleges in the Midwest.

1995

Member, Finance Committee, Kankakee Chapter of Alzheimer's Association.

1994

Member/Secretary, Kankakee Valleyaire Barbershop Chorus.

1994

Advisory Board member/consultant regarding computer matters, Kankakee Chapter of Alzheimer's Association.

1994

MACTLAC Placement Officer for Small Colleges in the Midwest.

1991

Treasurer and Chair of Finance Committee of Kankakee Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.

1991

Secretary, Kankakee Valleyaire Barbershop Chorus.

Personal recognitions

Year:

Item:

2009

Several performances of the barbershop chorus, Spirit of Illinois Chorus, and quartet, Key City Four, for small groups and clubs in Kankakee area and surrounding counties.

2006 April

Competed in the Illinois District Barbershop Chorus Competition, Peoria, IL.



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