Chemistry students at Arkansas Tech University are the beneficiaries of two recent grants totaling $3,000 from Entergy and its associated entities.
“The equipment we have purchased with the grants has expanded our capabilities in providing hands-on learning for every student,” said Dr. Newton Hilliard, associate professor of chemistry at Arkansas Tech. “It’s no longer a case of having one piece of equipment and using it for demonstration. We’ve been able to acquire classroom sets of bench-top equipment.”
The Arkansas Tech Department of Physical Sciences has received a $2,000 grant from the Entergy Charitable Foundation and a $1,000 grant from Entergy Arkansas in recent months.
Hilliard said that the funds have also allowed the department to direct existing resources toward matching grants through the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (AR-INBRE) for additional high-end equipment.
“These tables were blank two years ago,” said Hilliard, pointing toward a laboratory now filled with science equipment. “The grants have been leveraged for even greater goals.”
Learn more about the Arkansas Tech Department of Physical Sciences at www.atu.edu/physci.
