Harding University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

09/03/2026

09/01/2026

Wise chapel tomorrow, Sept 2nd!

07/28/2026

Dr. Cindy White presented a seminar on our four year seminar sequence at the Biennial Conference for Chemistry Educators held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

06/24/2026

SURF and HUF attended Gigliocooking School in Florence. Their enthusiastic instructors guided us through an evening of preparing a Tomato Pasta, Chicken Cacciatore, and Tiramisu! No one went home hungry!

06/17/2026

On Monday following their hospital rotations, SURF met HUF to tour the museum of Opera del Duomo which contains the impressive art and history of the Baptistry and Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. They visited both of these sites, concluding with the climb of Brunelleschi’s dome (a 462 step endeavor in the Tuscan heat). Dana and Mandy Steil were able to join them.

06/17/2026

Friday when SURF returned from the hospital they joined HUF for a painting class led by Robbie Shackelford. On Saturday everyone took a day trip. They road bikes around the walled city of Lucca then in Pisa, visited the baptistry and cathedral before climbing the Leaning Tower.

06/11/2026

SURF: Yesterday after the morning in the hospital we toured The San Lorenzo Basilica, the Medici Chapel and then visited The Academia Gallery to see The David.

06/10/2026

SURF was back at the hospital today, but yesterday they toured the archaeological site of Pompeii with the HUF group. (Quite a bit of science was learned along the way.)

06/05/2026

SURF update: After a few days in the lab/hospital SURF/HUF started their trip to Rome. We visited the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major before heading to our reservation to tour the Vatican Museum. Day 2 was to see the Colosseum and the Roman Forum before having the rest of the day to “Roam around Rome”.

06/04/2026

Several of us had the opportunity to attend a farewell lunch for Dr Ed Wilson (to the right of Dr White), who will be moving soon. Dr Wilson taught in the chemistry department for many years before he retired; however, many of you have still seen him around the building because he has still been mentoring research students. Dr Wilson was also one of the founding members of the AR Space Grant Consortium. We sure will miss him when he moves later this month!

We were missing a few because Dr Matlock, Dr Murphy, and Mrs Taylor were all out of town. We were blessed to have a few others join us. Many of you remember Dr Schramm (behind Dr Hatvany and Mrs Huff), who retired a few years ago. Dr Don England (far left, and yes, his name is on the science building) and Dr David Cole (between Dr White and Dr England) are both former chemistry department chairs and also taught for many years before retiring. All four of the retired men were great mentors, teachers, and men of faith, and we've been blessed to know them!