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Pennsylvania House of Representatives Honors Bayer Corporation and 10th Anniversary of Its Making Science Make Sense Program

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 09:00 CDT

Recognizing Bayer Corporation's decade-long commitment to improving science education, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a resolution honoring Bayer and the 10th anniversary of its Making Science Make Sense(R) program.

Representative Mark Mustio (R-Allegheny) sponsored the resolution which recognizes Bayer's Making Science Make Sense, an award-winning, company-wide program that advances science literacy in Pennsylvania and across the United States through hands-on, inquiry-based learning, employee volunteerism and public education. Currently, 12 Bayer sites around the country, including its U.S. headquarters in Pittsburgh, operate local MSMS programs, which together feature a national volunteer corps of more than 1,000 employees.

Over the years, Making Science Make Sense has introduced tens of thousands of students to National Science Education Standards-based inquiry learning, provided professional development for thousands of teachers and offered the expertise of its science volunteers to schools around the country for both formal and informal science education experiences.

"Ten years ago, Bayer Corporation declared its commitment to strengthening science education in the United States when we established Making Science Make Sense. In doing so, we formally launched a nationwide, grassroots science education outreach program built on a foundation created over 30 years by Bayer science volunteers," said Dr. Attila Molnar, Bayer Corporation president and CEO.

In Pittsburgh, Bayer spearheaded ASSET, Inc., the successful decade-old science education reform program that today impacts 3,000 teachers and 63,000 students in 45 school districts, charter and private schools in Western Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh MSMS program also has more than 150 Bayer volunteers who visit more than 175 classrooms and participate in community events, reaching some 15,000 students in the region each year.

In drafting the resolution, Mustio said he is "honored to have the opportunity to recognize a company located in my legislative district that has done so much to prepare today's students for the high-tech workforce of tomorrow.

"At the state, regional and local level, the Bayer Making Science Make Sense program has bridged together Pennsylvania school districts, government agencies, corporations, colleges, and universities to improve both teacher and student performance and to help the Commonwealth meet its overriding goal of leaving no child behind," Mustio said.

Bayer Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is part of the worldwide Bayer Group, an international health care, nutrition and innovative materials group based in Leverkusen, Germany. In North America, as of April 2005, Bayer employed about 16,000 and had 2004 net sales of 8.3 billion euros. Bayer's three operating companies -- Bayer HealthCare LLC, Bayer CropScience LP and Bayer MaterialScience LLC -- improve people's lives through a broad range of essential products that help diagnose and treat diseases, protect crops and advance automobile safety and durability. The Bayer Group stock is a component of the DAX and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: BAY).

For more information about Bayer Corporation and Making Science Make Sense, please visit Bayer's web site at www.BayerUS.com/msms.

Source: Business Wire

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