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3/22/2017 Find the SPARK! in STEM Elizabeth Boedeker Innovations Presentation March 13, 2017 Mission Statement St. Louis Community College expands minds and changes lives every day. We create accessible, South County Education and

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Find the SPARK! in STEM

Elizabeth Boedeker Innovations Presentation March 13, 2017

Mission Statement

  • St. Louis Community

College expands minds and changes lives every day. We create accessible, dynamic learning environments focused on the needs of our diverse communities.

Florissant Valley campus South County Education and University Center

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Agenda

– St. Louis Community College’s Center for Plant and Life Sciences – SPARK! Bio-Science – Biotechnology Program – Bio-Bench Contract Research Organization (CRO)

Agenda

– St. Louis Community College’s Center for Plant and Life Sciences – SPARK! Bio-Science – Biotechnology Program – Bio-Bench Contract Research Organization (CRO)

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The Center for Plant and Life Sciences

  • Second Battelle Study (2005): “… enable

STLCC to expand their biotechnology

  • fferings…[by providing] lab space for the

college in the new multi-tenant building being constructed…”

  • STLCC established the CPLS in May 2006

Moving to the Next Level: Accelerating St. Louis’ Plant and Life Science Economy St. Louis plant and life science strategy update and action plan; Battelle Technology Partnership Practice; January 2005

CPLS Purpose

  • Create a district Center of Excellence supportive of

plant and life sciences

  • Build strategic relationships with plant and life

science industry partners

  • Support the efforts of related programs
  • Assist expansion of programs with grants
  • Provide K-12 educational activities
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3/22/2017 4 Biotechnology Program STLCC Biotechnology Internships Life Science Industry Job

Supported by Center for Plant and Life Sciences

SPARK! PLTW

Developmental LSLA

HS Internships/independent research

Go directly to a 4 year!

Crazy Bioscience Pathway!

Biotechnology Program STLCC Biotechnology Internships Life Science Industry Job

Supported by Center for Plant and Life Sciences

SPARK! PLTW

Developmental LSLA

HS Internships/independent research

Go directly to a 4 year!

Crazy Bioscience Pathway!

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Funding for CPLS at BRDG Park

  • CPLS formed strategic alliances with the

Danforth Center and Wexford Scientific

  • External funding made this possible:

Federal earmark NASA grants $1,100,000 State Tax Credits 500,000 National Science Foundation 679,487 MO Lewis and Clark Fund 500,000

  • Dept. of Ed. Grant

213,000 Monsanto Fund 275,000 $3,267,487

STLCC’s Commitment at BRDG Park

  • A 15 year lease
  • 10,500 square feet of first floor
  • start date October 2009
  • Legal contracts with start-up businesses within

BRDG Park to provide:

  • Laboratory space
  • Use of laboratory equipment
  • STLCC Program interns as laboratory

technicians

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BRDG Park Location: The Key to CPLS Success

  • Centrally located in the region
  • Supports multiple district programs
  • Internships for Biotech, Horticulture & Engineering
  • 16 companies at BRDG Park enrich student learning
  • Other buildings will bring even more opportunities

What’s Happening at the Center?

  • Can be very busy around here!
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Agenda

– St. Louis Community College’s Center for Plant and Life Sciences – SPARK! Bio-Science – Biotechnology Program – Bio-Bench Contract Research Organization (CRO)

Biotechnology Program STLCC Biotechnology Internships Life Science Industry Job

Supported by Center for Plant and Life Sciences

SPARK! PLTW

Developmental LSLA

HS Internships/independent research

Go directly to a 4 year!

Crazy Bioscience Pathway!

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3/22/2017 8 Biotechnology Program STLCC Biotechnology Internships Life Science Industry Job

Supported by Center for Plant and Life Sciences

SPARK! PLTW

Developmental LSLA

HS Internships/independent research

Go directly to a 4 year!

Crazy Bioscience Pathway! What is Spark!?

  • Experiential learning
  • High school juniors and seniors
  • College and career experiences
  • Authentic learning
  • Student-directed
  • In a more “real world” setting
  • Business and community partnerships

parkwayspark.com

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What is Spark!

  • Students learn crucial skills for life beyond high

school

– Self-confidence – Poise – Public speaking – Interacting with Influential adults

What is Spark!

  • Students learn crucial skills for life beyond high

school – Networking – Self-reliance – Organization

Building an amazing resume!!!

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Spark! Bioscience

  • Half of a school day
  • Meet at classroom and labs at STLCC
  • Off site visits
  • Guest speakers
  • Student choice
  • College credit

Spark! Bioscience—Agriculture and Biotechnology

  • Urban farms tour
  • Donald Danforth plant

science center events

  • Bench research

skills (in state of the art college labs!)

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Spark! Bioscience—Animals

  • Ethology (animal behavior)

research project at St. Louis Zoo

  • Box turtle tracking project

in Forest Park

Spark! Bioscience—Environmental Science

Planned:

  • Green buildings and sustainability
  • Recycling center, Composting center, and Landfill

tours

  • Nuclear energy lessons
  • Biofuels plant tour
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Spark! Bioscience—Medicine

  • Guest speakers talk

about nursing, health care fields

  • Job shadowing
  • Experience nursing day
  • Transplant center tour

Spark! Bioscience—Outreach

  • Invasive species removal
  • Volunteering
  • Blood drive
  • Working with

younger students

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Why Spark! Bioscience?

  • St. Louis is a bioscience hub

– Danforth plant science center – Monsanto – BRDG park – Helix center (biotech startups) – MO botanical gardens – St. Louis Zoo – Research at Universities and Colleges

More Spark! Strands

  • Incubator
  • Tech Solutions
  • Teaching and Learning
  • Engineering
  • Pre-Professional Health Sciences Academy
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Spark! Incubator

  • Startup Incubator
  • Meets at retail storefront in local mall
  • Students work with business mentors to build a

new business

  • Pitch competitions

Spark! Tech Solutions

  • Software and web development
  • Meets at local college
  • Students create apps and programs and build

websites for actual companies

  • Hackathons
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Spark! Teaching and Learning

  • For aspiring teachers
  • Meets at elementary school
  • Students go through

a teacher training program

  • Observations, building portfolio,

student teaching experiences

Spark! Engineering

  • Career exploration
  • Meets at a local college
  • Students work on

projects submitted by local institutions

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Spark! Pre-Professional Health Sciences Academy

  • Health career focused
  • Meets at local college and hospital
  • Seniors only
  • Some clinical experiences,

goes way beyond shadowing

College and Career Based Programs Near You!

  • CAPS (Centers for Advanced Professional Studies)

network

  • CAPS started in Kansas City—our inspiration
  • CAPS-inspired programs in other states:

http://yourcapsnetwork.org/national-network/ Meredith Jacques: mjacques@parkwayschools.net

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Agenda

– St. Louis Community College’s Center for Plant and Life Sciences – SPARK! Bio-Science – Biotechnology Program – Bio-Bench Contract Research Organization (CRO)

Biotechnology Program STLCC Biotechnology Internships Life Science Industry Job

Supported by Center for Plant and Life Sciences

SPARK! PLTW

Developmental LSLA

HS Internships/independent research

Go directly to a 4 year!

Crazy Bioscience Pathway!

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3/22/2017 18 Biotechnology Program STLCC Biotechnology Internships Life Science Industry Job

Supported by Center for Plant and Life Sciences

SPARK! PLTW

Developmental LSLA

HS Internships/independent research

Go directly to a 4 year!

Crazy Bioscience Pathway!

Biotechnology Program

  • St. Louis Community College
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  • Started Fall 1999 in response to growth
  • f the biosciences in the region
  • Two Degree Pathways
  • Associate of Applied Science
  • Certificate of Specialization
  • Research and Development Based
  • 80% hands-on training in lab
  • Small but very successful

Biotechnology Program Very Successful

–Awarded close to 100 AAS & CS Degrees since the program moved to BRDG Park –Currently have over 60 Declared Majors –Over 94% life science job placement

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Instruction

Focus on Industry Standards

  • Laboratory skills

– Pipetting skills – Record-keeping skills (notebook) – Knowledge of all general molecular techniques and equipment

  • Cell culture, chromatography,

genotyping, cloning, plasmid construction/mapping, western, southern analysis, etc..

– MATH skills

  • Soft skills

COURSES CREDIT HOURS ENG:101 College Composition I 3 COM:101 Oral Communication 3 MTH:160 College Algebra or higher 4 xxx:xxx Social Science Elective 3 xxx:xxx History Requirement (by State of MO) 3 PE:xxx Physical Education 2 PHL:109 Bio-Medical Ethics 3 GE:101 Technical Computer Applications 3 CHM:105 General Chemistry I 5 CHM:106 General Chemistry II 5 BIO:140 Principles of Biology I 4 BIO:104 Basic Laboratory Methods 3 BIO:152 Quantitative Methods in Biotechnology 2 BIO:218 Microbiology for Biotechnology 4 BIO:219 Biotechnology I 5 BIO:220 Biotechnology II 5 BIO:221 Work Place Learning: Biotechnology 3 BIO:225 Genetics 5 BIO:226 *Advanced Topics in Biotechnology (2 courses) 6 TOTAL 71

Dual Credit

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Articulation Agreements

  • University of MO – Columbia
  • University of MO – St. Louis
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Fontbonne University
  • Southeast Missouri State University
  • Webster University
  • Lindenwood University

Articulation Agreements

  • University of MO – Columbia
  • University of MO – St. Louis
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Fontbonne University
  • Southeast Missouri State University
  • Webster University
  • Lindenwood University

$10,000 for Bachelors

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Other Dual Credit Opportunities

  • PLTW Biomedical
  • Working with 2 local

high school districts

  • Hazelwood
  • Affton
  • Dual Credit for Bio 104

Add the missing pieces!

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Agenda

– St. Louis Community College’s Center for Plant and Life Sciences – SPARK! Bio-Science – Biotechnology Program – Bio-Bench Contract Research Organization (CRO)

Biotechnology Program STLCC Biotechnology Internships Life Science Industry Job

Supported by Center for Plant and Life Sciences

SPARK! PLTW

Developmental LSLA

HS Internships/independent research

Go directly to a 4 year!

Crazy Bioscience Pathway!

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3/22/2017 24 Biotechnology Program STLCC Biotechnology Internships Life Science Industry Job

Supported by Center for Plant and Life Sciences

SPARK! PLTW

Developmental LSLA

HS Internships/independent research

Go directly to a 4 year!

Crazy Bioscience Pathway!

BioBench Contract Research Organization

  • Can we help you?

– Laboratory Usage – Project – Specific Equipment – Interns – Other support?

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Our Unexpected Niche

Small (start up) Companies

  • Very Limited funds

– Imager – $25,000 – Lab use to access

  • Limited people
  • We could assist

BioTechnology Internships

  • Great interactions with Industry
  • Can be assigned “out”
  • Current funding provides paid internships
  • Interns can assist with high school training
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Local Area School Districts

  • High School internships since established 2009
  • Definitely seeing increase over last year
  • Outreach events

– Some depth – More depth wanted

Increase Continues

  • 3 Home School High School students
  • 1 student from SPARK!
  • 3 students from Hazelwood

– Fall – More this spring in April

  • 8 students from Pattonville
  • 1 student from Wentzville
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Research Students What Do We Do?

  • Want to provide a great overall experience
  • Design and oversight
  • Try to select projects

– Organized – Achieve some sort of result – Time frame is suitable

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Once designed…

  • Biotechnology Interns

– Use biotech knowledge – Run the day-to-day

  • High School Interns

– Work in lab daily – Complete project – Present results

Great Opportunity

  • Push to do more independent projects
  • Much more difficult
  • Biotech Intern availability limited

– Several which would normally be interning-JOBS – Others have limited availability when high school students are available

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Final Thoughts - St. Louis Community College

  • High Value to students
  • 94% placement rate (biotech)
  • Positive impact on local industry

– Growth – New Jobs!!!!

Final Thoughts from a SPARK! student!

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Thank You! And Any Questions?