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STEM Works and Kasey Schuster

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Leonardo is launching its STEM Works program with a public appearance at the swanky award ceremony for the Governor's Medal for Science and Technology on Jan. 5. This collection of interactive, hands-on exhibits gives young people and adults a glimpse into the world of biotechnology. As part of the STEM Works initiatives, The Leonardo is producing several short bios of biotech industry folks. Kasey Schuster is the first of these, so here's your sneak preview at one part of STEM Works!


As Utah’s biotechnology resource coordinator, Kasey works with students and teachers at high schools with biotech programs to provide them with the equipment and information they need. Kasey traces his interest in the field to middle school when he decided to take honors science so he could learn dissection. As a member of Utah Valley University's first graduating class of biotechnology students, Kasey balanced school work with lab jobs at Salt Lake Community College and the Jordan Applied Technology Center. Since then, he has helped open two labs at Itineris Early College High School and five others at SLCC.


But he's not all lab work. Kasey has a black belt from the United Studios of Self Defense and a Gold Palm Eagle from the Boy Scouts of America. Outside of work Kasey enjoys camping, riding ATVs, international traveling, scuba diving, and volunteering for Habitat for Humanity.

We hope you enjoyed meeting Kasey, and stay tuned for more information about our STEM Works programs. You can also email Mary Anter for information about free, public events near you soon. (Hint: we already have some of them posted on our online calendar!)

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Labels: education, Leo, locals, science, STEM Works

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