Reflecting Back, Marching Forward

The 4th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education was held in 1976 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The closing talk at that conference (presented by Prof. Gilbert Haight, University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign) was “Quo vadis, Chem Ed?”. The phrase Quo vadis? is often translated as Where are you marching? and is used to ask about someone’s decisions, ambitions, or purpose. Fifty years later, we intend to respond unequivocally to Prof. Haight’s question with “Forward“.

That said, to march forward, toward what we imagine for the future of Chemistry Education, we must simultaneously reflect back and learn from the past.