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Jaclyn Madden, Biotech Grant Coordinator

Phone: 443.412.2046
Email: jmadden@harford.edu

Biotech Pathways

Harford Comunity College is focused on creating accessible pathways for future biotechnicians to progress from public high schools, to degree and certificate programs, to biotechnology careers and/or further study at four-year universities.

A Biotechnology Advisory Board survey was developed by the grant team to assess entry-level skills required by employers. Findings were disseminated to the biotech education community and as a result, Harford developed six new biotechnology courses, a revised Biotechnology Certificate, and a new AAS degree in Biotechnology.

Harford's Biotech Program

Meet the Team

Biotechnology Careers

Recruiting for Enrollment

While creating the programs was step one for the Biotech Pathways team, we are now promoting and recruiting to ensure enrollment in the Biotech programs at Harford Community College. Current outreach is diverse and a sampling is listed below.

BIOTECH EVENTS

BIOTECH Pathways Teaching Academy
JUN 22–23, 2022 | Open to high school STEM teachers who want to integrate biotechnology content into their curriculum.

FREE 2022 BIOTECH Pathways Summer Institute
Hands-on, minds-on laboratory experiences, gain biotechnology skills, and learn more about what a career in biotech has to offer. 8AM–4 PM | AUG 1-5, 2022 | Open to all 2021-22 high school students (including new graduates) who have taken at least one high school biology course.

BIOTECH Pathways Workshops for high school students and families.
These Virtual and face-to-face workshops were held in Spring of both 2021 and 2022.
What is BIOTECHNOLOGY? >>

BIOTECH ADVERTISING

• Biotech overview and advertising in newsletter to Harford County parents.
• Advertising in county-wide publications
• Targeted digital advertising
• Outdoor advertising on marquee, digital signs, and campus signage
• Flyers distributed within Harford County Public Schools
• Demonstrations at Open House events
• Press Releases
• New Program Advertising

“83% gain in knowledge over seven assesment areas."

Results from the BIOTECH Pathways Workshops indicate participants’ self-reported gains in knowledge of biotechnology and related career and academic options by an average of 83% over seven assessment areas.

BIOTECH Pathways Workshops • 2021

Biotech Pathways Overview

Project Objectives

• Develop the AAS in Biotechnology degree and the Biotechnology Certificate programs to align with industry skills, knowledge, and competencies.

•Increase student enrollment and completion in Harford's biotechnology programs, with an emphasis on recruiting underrepresented students, via hands-on community outreach with high school students and their families. Outreach will also include information regarding academic and career opportunities in biotechnology.

•Ensure that every Harford Community College biotechnology student possesses the professional, field-specific, and career-readiness skills to succeed in biotechnology employment.

Planned Year One Activities

• Convene a Biotechnology Advisory Board to inform Harford's biotechnology program and ensure that curriculum development is in alignment with industry needs.

• Complete program and curriculum development for an AAS degree in Biotechnology as well as a refresh of the Biotechnology Certificate program.

•Engage high school students, their families, and STEM teachers in hands-on workshops and summer programs to increase their knowledge about the field of biotechnology, academic and career options in biotechnology, and Harford Community College’s biotechnology programs.

This project is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2000193. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed on this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.