Bayer Launches New Stem Education Guide Aimed at Forging Business-Education Partnerships.Compendium Unveiled at Bayer's First-Ever STEM Education Diversity Forum WASHINGTON -- Bayer Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BAY) today announced a new resource guide for businesses and organizations interested in creating STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education partnerships. Planting the Seeds for a Diverse U.S. STEM Pipeline: A Compendium of Best Practice K-12 STEM Education Programs, unveiled at Bayer's first-ever STEM Education Diversity Forum held in Washington, D.C., is the newest component of the company's award-winning Making Science Make Sense[R] program. The compendium features a sampling of some of the country's exemplary programs that have a proven track record of helping students - especially girls and underrepresented minorities - to achieve and participate in STEM. The purpose of this new guide is to raise awareness among STEM industry executives and other organizations and showcase for them successful programs they may want to support and/or replicate in their local communities. "As a company that has long been actively involved in helping strengthen science education in communities across the country, we at Bayer know that STEM companies can engage in successful business-education partnerships if they possess the necessary commitment and will - and we know that the will is there," said Dr. Attila Molnar, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Bayer Corporation. Dr. Molnar referred to the results of a survey released by Bayer in May which polled STEM company CEOs and found that almost all said it is important for their companies to support pre-college science education programs that help create the next generation of inventors, innovators and discoverers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dr. Molnar, "The compendium is designed to assist our fellow STEM industry colleagues in establishing their own business-education partnerships." The 77-page compendium features 21 best practice K-12 programs, 14 of which were presented at today's forum. They consist of a mix of formal in-school and informal after-school programs from different regions of the United States and represent urban, suburban and rural locales. The programs include: * American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has over 160,000 members at all degree-levels and in Project SEED * ASSET Inc. * Biotech Partners * Connecticut BioBus Educational Programs * Developmental Approaches in Science, Health and Technology (DASH) * Environment as a Context for Opportunity in Schools (ECOS ECOS Environmental Council of States ECOS Embedded Cygnus Operating System ECOS European Environmental Citizens' Organisation for Standardisation ECOS Commission for Economic and Social Policy ECOS Eastern Canada Orchid Society ECOS Evolving Connectionist System ) * Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST) * Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education * Illinois Math and Science Academy E2K E2K Exchange 2000 (Microsoft) + * Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) * Kinetic City * Math Out of the Box[TM] * Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) * Merck Institute for Science Education * Omaha Public Schools/Banneker 2000 * Project Lead The Way * Science in Motion * Summer Science Academy * TexPREP * Valle Imperial Project in Science (VIPS VIPS Volunteers in Police Service VIPS VAT (value added tax) Information Management System VIPS Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity VIPS Volunteers in Public Schools VIPS VIsion-based Page Segmentation ) * Visualrealization.com The compendium also provides information on additional promising programs and Internet resources for education programs and business-education partnerships. The Protocol In order to be considered for the compendium, programs were required to submit an application and demonstrate: challenging content and curriculum; an inquiry learning environment; strong community support; and ongoing quantitative and qualitative research Qualitative research Traditional analysis of firm-specific prospects for future earnings. It may be based on data collected by the analysts, there is no formal quantitative framework used to generate projections. . Bayer developed these criteria using guidelines from the Council on Competitiveness' Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) commission, the National Science Education Standards The National Science Education Standards (NSES) are a set of guidelines for the science education in primary and secondary schools in the United States, as established by the National Research Council in 1996. and the National Science Resources Center. Each program was reviewed by a committee spearheaded by Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the nation's first African-American female astronaut, a chemical engineer, physician, educator and the CEO of an emerging STEM company. Recognizing that this is a first volume, Dr. Molnar added, "In the future, we hope to provide updates to the compendium as other programs come to our attention." To access an online version of the compendium, please visit www.BayerUS.com/MSMS. About Bayer Corporation and Making Science Make Sense Making Science Make Sense[R] is Bayer's company-wide initiative that advances science literacy science literacy A general term for the awareness a person or the public has of basic scientific facts, concepts, and theories through hands-on, inquiry-based science education, employee volunteerism and a public education campaign. Currently, 12 Bayer sites around the country operate local Making Science Make Sense programs, which together represent a national volunteer corps of more than 1,000 employees. Two components of Making Science Make Sense are today's STEM Education Diversity Forum and The Bayer Facts of Science Education survey series, Bayer's ongoing annual public opinion research project. For more information about Making Science Make Sense or to subscribe to the Making Science Make Sense e-News Update, please visit www.BayerUS.com/MSMS. Bayer Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is a subsidiary of Bayer AG, an international health care, nutrition and innovative materials group based in Leverkusen, Germany. In North America, Bayer had 2005 net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of 7.3 billion euros and employed 16,200 at year end. Bayer's three operating companies -- Bayer HealthCare LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Bayer CropScience LP and Bayer MaterialScience LLC -- improve people's lives through a broad range of essential products that help diagnose, prevent and treat diseases, protect crops and advance automobile safety and durability. Bayer AG stock is a component of the DAX and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors : BAY). |
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