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Press Releases
Stevenson University Receives Biomedical Sciences Affiliate Grant
April 03, 2007
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The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) has awarded Stevenson University a Biomedical Sciences Affiliate Grant and selected the University to be the state's University Affiliate for the new Project Lead The Way (PLTWTM ) Biomedical Sciences Program.
PLTW, a nonprofit organization, has a pre-engineering program in
more than 1,750 schools in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and the
United Kingdom. In response to looming shortage of qualified science
and health professionals, PLTW is launching a new biomedical sciences
curriculum for high schools. Maryland is one of two states in the
nation to establish affiliate universities for the PLTW Biomedical
Sciences program.
The teacher training will take place this summer at Stevenson
University. In the fall, those teachers will return to schools in
Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick,
Harford, Montgomery, and Washington counties to share what they have
learned with their students. The Biomedical Sciences program, among the
first in the nation, will initially consist of four courses. The
lessons will be designed to engage students in rigorous and relevant
hands-on problems related to the human body, genetics, and diseases.
"We are very pleased to partner with MSDE and PLTW to establish the
Biomedical Sciences University Affiliate at Stevenson University," said
Susan Gorman, Division Director of Science and
Mathematics at Stevenson University and PLTW Biomedical Sciences
Affiliate Director. "We have a rich history of providing high quality,
career-oriented educational programs at the University, and we
appreciate this new opportunity to work with our partners to contribute
to improving science education and workforce development."
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