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Contact: Bruce Conley
Associate Director of College Relations
Phone: (605) 274-5526
Fax: (605) 274-4903
www.augie.edu
March 28, 2006
SIOUX FALLS – Mike Amolins, a junior from Sioux Falls, is among the undergraduate students selected to receive Goldwater Scholarships for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Amolins, the son of Betty and Doug Amolins, is the 11th Augustana student to be awarded a Goldwater Scholarship.
A chemistry major, Amolins plans to pursue a Ph.D. in medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry and to conduct research to develop new treatments for neoplastic diseases such as cancer, specifically research related to acute lymphocytic leukemia.
He is a two-time winner of the poster competition sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Sioux Valley Section. He has presented his work in national and international settings and was a research student at the Argonne National Labs in Chicago.
The 323 Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,081 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. Most of the recipients intend to obtain a Ph.D. as their degree objective.
Thirty-two Scholars are mathematics majors, 234 are science majors, 47 are majoring in engineering, and 10 are majoring in computer science related fields.
The one- and two-year scholarships will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.
The Goldwater Foundation is a federally endowed agency established by Public Law 99-661 on November 14, 1986. The Scholarship Program honoring Senator Barry M. Goldwater was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields.