ATE Impacts 2020-2021

NBC2 Mentors Faculty NBC2 continued to mentor two-year and four-year college faculty as they developed new programs or expanded biotechnology or biomanufacturing courses. One hundred and twenty-four faculty have accessed the NBC2 Instructor's Portal at http://biomanufacturing.org and downloaded lectures, standard operating procedures, exams, and ancillary materials. NBC2 Connects Students with Employers Working with local employers, NBC2 offered eighteen biotechnology/biomanufacturing career fairs at its six hub colleges to serve more than 500 students. These events provided employment guidance to students and resulted in many students receiving interviews, internships, and job offers. NBC2 Raises Awareness of Biomanufacturing Careers NBC2 impacts biomanufacturing career awareness through industry-supported high school events for A Montgomery County Community Collegegraduate performs cell culture techniques at Rockland lmmunochemicals, Inc. students and teachers. One hundred and thirty-one high school students attended BIOMAN Academy workshops at five NBC2 regional hubs; 55 high school teachers participated in Protein is Cash summer workshops; and 47 attended a one-day career pathways conference where they networked with industry representatives. A total of 6,413 high school students were impacted by these activities. Quality in Biomanufacturing Workshop (N=91 Quality Control BIOCHEMISTRY Quality Control MICROBIOLOGY Design of Experiments Workshop (N=BI FULL FACTORIAL DESIGN BIOSTATISTICS • pre-miniBIOMAN • post-miniBIOMAN 0% 33