The Baxter Center Case Study & Partnership Toolkit
Promising Practices in Corporate-School-University Partnerships
This case study highlights promising practices for building effective and sustainable STEM partnerships between K-12, industry, and university partners, grounded in the story of the Baxter Center. Check it out to learn more about how our Center got started, what we learned about successfully working with schools, and some of the impacts we have had along the way.
Baxter 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report
Making a Meaningful Difference
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Our Work in the Chicagoland Area
3659
Total teachers trained
1700+
Baxter Box lab kits distributed
36,200+
YouTube Channel views
since 2009
240,000
estimated students reached
402
Total schools reached
229
Total workshops
What our teachers are saying
The BCSE allows teachers to stay up to date with the advancement of technology in science. By helping the teachers stay up to date and by providing activities that can be implanted into the classroom, it allows the future generation to have exposure to new developments in biotechnology at a young age. This hopefully will inspire the students to pursue careers in science.
The BCSE helps out teachers who teach at schools with limited resources get the resources and instructive know how they otherwise would not be able to obtain.
Holy moly, this center is GREAT! I appreciate your outreach, enthusiasm, and expertise. It is really amazing to have this kind of access to a research institution and you are all so helpful in making this type of science accessible to our students.
Our Teacher Leaders
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Mary Clark
Whitney M Young Magnet High School
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Michael Dixon
Dewey Elementary School of Excellence
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Suzanne Fetherling
Hoffman Estates High School
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Nina Hike
George Westinghouse College Prep
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Christina Moore
William Jones College Preparatory High School
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Valentin Torres
Walter Payton College Prep High School
Our Team
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Jennifer Richards, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, School of Education and Social Policy
PI, Baxter Center for Science Education
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Natalie Bueno, B.S.
Program & Partnership Coordinator
Baxter Center for Science Education
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Kate Brownson
Program Coordinator
Baxter Center for Science Education
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Sachin Pradhan M.S.
Software Developer
Office of Community Education Partnerships
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James Schottelkotte
Education & Outreach Coordinator
Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics
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Jamie Kim
Administrative Aid
Baxter Center for Science Education
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Gloria Pulido
Administrative Aid
Baxter Center for Science Education
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Sylvia V. Boguniecki
Administrative Aid
Baxter Center for Science Education
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Sana Nanlawala
Administrative Aid
Baxter Center for Science Education
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