CONWAY, Ark. (March 16, 2016) – Hendrix College chemistry professor Dr. Thomas E. Goodwin received the national
American Chemical Society’s 2016 Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution at the 251st ACS national meeting in San Diego, California.
The award, which includes $5,000 and a certificate, honors a chemistry faculty member whose research in an undergraduate setting has achieved wide recognition and contributed significantly to chemistry and to the professional development of undergraduate students.
Research Corporation for Science Advancement, a private foundation for the advancement of science, established the award in 1984 to recognize the importance of research with undergraduates. Research Corp. will also provide a grant of $5,000 directly to the recipient's institution.
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Dr. Goodwin is the Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Hendrix. A native of Nashville, Arkansas, he is an alumnus of Ouachita Baptist University and earned his doctorate in organic chemistry at the University of Arkansas.
His research and teaching have earned national recognition, including receiving the CUR Fellows Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research in 2010 and being named the U.S. Professor of the Year (for baccalaureate colleges), by the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education in 2003.
“I am still convinced, more than ever, that collaborative student/faculty research is one of the best ways to teach and learn science,” said Goodwin. "This also helps to attract good students to Hendrix, and I have greatly enjoyed and benefited from working with
many of them on my research.”
Eighteen Hendrix students attended the symposium honoring Dr. Goodwin and presented their research results at the national ACS meeting:
- Mouad Abdulrahim ’17
- Taylor Bennett ’16
- Ashley Elser ’16
- William Embry ’16
- Abby Gatmaitan ’17
- Jake Higgins ’16
- Caitlin Hoffman ’16
- Afro Imanishimwe ’18
- Any Jivan ’16
- Faizan Khan ’17
- Jennifer Kim ’17
- Shalom Lee ’16
- Farai Musariri ’16
- Barbara Patterson ’16
- Pratheepa Ravikumar ’17
- Peiwen Sheng ’16
- Karla Sintigo ’17
- Rachel Zweig ’16
About
Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges That
Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges and is nationally recognized in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings for academic quality, community, innovation, and value. For more information, visit
www.hendrix.edu.