The Chemistry Collaborations, Workshops and Communities of Scholars (cCWCS) project is the successor to the Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences (CWCS). cCWCS was a National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement sponsored initiative.
cCWCS was directed by Professor J.C. Smith (Georgia State University), David Collard (Georgia institute of Technology), Patricia Hill (Millersville University), and Lawrence Kaplan (Williams College).
The cCWCS provided workshops for faculty at eligible US institutions including 2- and 4-year colleges and universities. Individuals, including post-docs and graduate students who planned to embark on a college teaching career, and conservators, forensic, biomedical and public health scientists with significant educational responsibilities, were also eligible. The workshops were designed to provide a background and modern perspective on key areas of the chemical sciences (broadly defined) along with methods to introduce these topics into the undergraduate curriculum. Approximately twelve workshops were held at the consortium institutions each year. Participation (including registration and housing) was free.
Further information about cCWCS was previously available at: www.ccwcs.org. (The website has been deactivated now that NSF funding has expired.)