Spring 2021 Vol. 62, #3
Foundation Grant Awards
From the President
The WSST Foundation is proud to present WSST President, Matt Lindsey the following 2021 grant winners. Welcome to 2021 Educators of Science! Byerly Grant As I look back on the past The Byerly is a memorial to Don Byerly. The year in education, I am amazed by all of grant, in the amount of $500.00 is to be used to improve the science classroom experience for the obstacles that we have overcome and students. continue to overcome in the past year. Joanne Zosel, Solon Springs Each and every one of us has had a difPurchase lab equipment for physics experiments ferent experience with teaching during a This grant will provide Joanne’s students with pandemic, which needs to be celebrated the necessary equipment to perform laboratory and shared. We have all learned how to experiments that they otherwise would just have handle daily adversities and become betto read about, hear about or see demonstrated ter teachers due to our tenacious problem instead of actually doing. solving skills by providing the best possiFounders Grant ble education for our students, while This $1000 grant can be used to reimburse costs maintaining some of our own sanity. I of professional development (including graduate believe my students question my sanity coursework for WSST members, professional development fees for WSST members, materials, daily! WSST has continued to provide high or other costs related to a member's professional learning for WSST members). value quality opportunities to our membership throughout this pandemic. We Molly Carlson, Mauston Graduate School in Biotechnology This grant will fund graduate work during the Spring Semester 2021 in Experimental Design and Analysis in Biotechnology and Leadership in Organizations. Molly teaches Biology and Biotechnology at the high school level, and these courses will continued on page 4
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