Our goals are to promote and foster interest in the sciences amongst students of all ages. The chemistry student association also acts as a liaison between the students at UTD and the faculty in the chemistry department. We strive to provide interactions between students outside the classroom setting.

CSA is a student affiliate chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS). We are involved in a variety of service and social events, which have helped us to earn an "Outstanding" award from the ACS, which is given only to the top 3% of student affiliate chapters. Each year CSA brings exciting and informative chemistry demonstrations to the community through our involvement in Sounds of Class, Plano Library System, and the Museum of Natural Science in Fair Park. In addition, we are involved in events specifically for younger age groups including APO's Math and Science Camp and our annual Kids in Chemistry Day, which has received coverage from local newspapers and television stations.
We also encourage social events for members of CSA and the students of UTD. Every semester we have a barbeque where students and chemistry professors are invited for great fun and food. Our biggest event each semester is no doubt our broomball competition where undergraduates battle graduate students and faculty. This is a great event to interact outside of class, but make sure to NOT abuse your chemistry professor in any way since this event occurs when professors are grading finals! Our main fundraiser is through selling goggles (required for all UTD chemistry labs) and general chemistry software. We not only raise money for our many events throughout the year, but we provide the campus with a valuable service.
CSA is very involved in attending local, regional, and national meetings for the ACS. In addition, we bring in speakers to talk during general meetings about subjects such as Chemistry in various professions or inspiring children with chemistry. Our members are involved in a variety of research labs on campus, so if you have a question about research or general classes, ask our members!

As a group our objective is to culture an interest and appreciation of science in everyone we come into contact with.