Magic of Science "Museum"

Spring/Summer 2022-2023

06/12/2022: Phu(Peter) Nguyen begins the process of starting the organization

11/10/2022: MOS is officially opened as a UNC organization

02/5/2023: MOS held its first-ever GBM

02/19/2023: MOS welcomes its first 14 members

03/29/2023: MOS held its first-ever bakesale fundraiser

04/01/2023: MOS attended its first-ever volunteering event at Morehead Planetarium

04/20/2023: MOS’s first time volunteering with Mary Scroggs Elementary

05/13/2023: MOS’s first time volunteering with UNC Children’s Hospital

08/10/2023: MOS’s first time volunteering with Novant Health and St. Jude’s Clinic

Fall 2023

09/13/2023: MOS welcomes 30 new members

09/15/2023: Our half-wizard-half-unicorn mascot, Trish, is born

09/17/2023: MOS welcomes 5 new executive officers

10/06/2023: MOS’s new official logo

10/06/2023: MOS T-shirts become available

10/23/2023: MOS’s first time volunteering with Ronald McDonald at Durham

11/08/2023: MOS’s first time volunteering with Families Moving Forward

12/07/2023: MOS’s first time volunteering with the Boys and Girls Club at Durham

Spring/Summer 2024

01/05/2024: MOS officially earns 501(c)3 nonprofit status!

01/05/2024: Phu(Peter) Nguyen becomes the Executive Director of MOS

01/14/2024: First international impact - science toys delivered to orphans in Vietnam

02/10/2024: MOS welcomes 9 new members

02/18/2024: MOS welcomes 3 new executive officers

03/17/2024: Phu(Peter) Nguyen shaved his head and eyebrows to fundraise for the org

03/25/2024: Second international impact - school supplies to children from low-income areas in China

04/13/2024: MOS’s impact reached over 500 children in need!

06/19/2024: Allyson Smith joins the Board of Directors as Chief Operating Officer (COO)

06/19/2024: Mary Anna Stiles joins the Board of Directors as Chief Information Officer (CIO)

07/23/2024: MOS’s first time volunteering with Levine Children's Hospital

07/29/2024: MOS’s first time volunteering with Refugee Community Partnership

Fall 2024

09/1/2024: MOS introduces 3 new committees: Fundraising, Community Outreach, and Experiments.

09/9/2023: MOS welcomes 100+ members!

09/13: MOS's first time volunteering with Ronald McDonald Chapel Hill

09/17/2023: MOS's first time volunteering with Camp Courage!

9/27/2024: MOS's website is finished and published!

11/1/2024: MOS welcomes new external chapters and volunteers from 10+ schools across North Carolina!

11/12/2024: MOS's first time volunteering with Grow Your World!

12/7/2024: School supplies were sent to Preda, a nonprofit in the Philippines that supports children who were victims of abuse and trafficking.

Spring/Summer 2025

01/17/2025: New experiments added!

01/26/25: MOS welcomes a new chapter from Wake Forest High School!

02/27/25: MOS welcomes 5 new executive officers!

03/07/25: Phu Nguyen is the recipient of the Edward Kidder Graham Award for his work with MOS!

03/14/25: MOS is the recipient of the Robert E. Bryan Award!

03/20/25: MOS donated to Awaken! A nonprofit in Ecuador that supports children who are at risk.

04/24/25: The Phu G. Nguyen Award is announced! This highly prestigious award honors the super-duper amazing and pleasant-looking founder of Magic of Science, Phu G. Nguyen, who totally didn't write this description himself.

04/25/25: Mary Anna Stiles is the first recipient of the Phu G. Nguyen Award! Congrats!

05/17/25: MOS donated to Land of Hope! A nonprofit in Nigeria that supports children who were abandoned due to accusations of witchcraft.

06/04/25: MOS's first time volunteering Transplanting Tradition, supporting children of refugees!

06/10/25: Phu departs from UNC's MOS chapter...I wonder what he's doing now...