认识一下Maria Cristina J. Fermin-Ennis博士

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

教师关注的焦点

这mk体育是Maria Cristina J. Fermin-Ennis博士，化学教授。

Fermin-Ennis出生于菲律宾，最初计划成为一名医生。 However, after a bad experience in a college biology class, as well as the realization that she couldn't stand the sight of blood, she majored in chemistry instead, a degree that was still “difficult enough to prevent [her] from misbehaving.” After obtaining her bachelor’s degree at Ateneo de Manila University, she went on to pursue her doctorate at Wesleyan University. 在那里，她在第一学期意外合成了一种新化合物后，发现了对有机金属化学领域的热爱。

费明-恩尼斯对化学很着迷，因为它可以解释mk体育周围的世界。 “Once you have the concepts and the rules down, it allows you to correlate concepts to make sense of what you see, which in turn develops your critical-thinking skills,” she said. 她还喜欢做实验室实验，因为她喜欢处理有可能爆炸的化合物。 做这类实验的挑战mk体育是让她留在有机金属领域的原因。

在来戈登之前，Fermin-Ennis在克莱顿州立大学和亚特兰大艺术学院兼职任教。 起初，她对mk体育是否接受一份全职工作犹豫不决，因为她的丈夫在军队服役，可以在短时间内搬家，而她的儿子当时还在蹒跚学步。 然而，当她的丈夫在乔治亚州被分配到一项最终任务后，她申请了戈登大学的终身教职。 她决定在戈登大学任教的最大因素之一mk体育是她在面试中遇到的老师非常热情。

从2001年8月开始，Fermin-Ennis教授化学原理1和2课，指导学生，并参加委员会。 她喜欢激发学生对科学的好奇心，并经营着一个高度互动的课堂。 She especially enjoys teaching students who have interest in STEM fields, and her goal is always “to erase students’ previous bad experiences in chemistry as long as they are open to it.”

Some highlights of Fermin-Ennis’ career at Gordon are running into former students who recognize her outside of Gordon and having so many advisees graduate from pharmacy school. 她最自豪的时刻之一mk体育是，大约十年前的学生写信给她，告诉她她对他们的职业成功有多大的影响。

目前，Fermin-Ennis住在乔治亚州的Tyrone。 在家里，她喜欢读小说、园艺和做饭。

费明-恩尼斯计划在2022年底退休。