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Educational Partnerships

Beckman Coulter is proud to support schools and organizations in our plant communities that are dedicated to enhancing classroom teaching of science, math and technology.

Students and teachers also gain exposure to the work world when they interact with Beckman Coulter employees at school-organized science fairs or during visits to the company's Heritage Exhibit.

Inner World Discovery

Beckman Coulter is a proud sponsor of the Inner World Discovery Program designed by St. Joseph's Medical Center emergency room doctor Phillip Silverstein M.D., the "Inner World Discovery" program is a multimedia journey through the human body. With Dr. Silverstein as their guide, students participating in this session will experience the wonder, intricacies and elegance of the human body’s immune system. This interactive videoconference presentation with Dr. Silverstein will make the complexities of understanding the immune system accessible to students, and will make real the devastating effects of HIV. The program, a curricular supplement, is scaled for high school health and science classes.

• View a Presentation Snippet (30 sec., requires speakers/headphones)
• Inner World Discovery Expands HIV Education Presentations to Health Professionals

Exploratorium

Beckman Coulter is a strong supporter of the The Children’s Educational Outreach Program -- "Exploratorium". Through this partnership, Exploratorium conducted 18 Family Science Nights, hosted 45 students for five weeks building portable laser light shows and turbulent orbs, completed 7 professional development workshops for afterschool organizations and held over 16 one day community workshops with schools, community groups and hospitals.

Exploratorium brings science to the forefront for underserved students in the in-school and after-school environment. By making science accessible and engaging, Exploratorium promotes an interest in science while supporting and enhancing educational programs.

Sister-to-Sister, National Women's Heart Day

Beckman Coulter partnered with the National Heart Association’s Sister-to-Sister Program on National Women’s Heart Day in Miami. Included were free heart disease screenings and healthy heart prevention information packets.

Children's Museum at La Habra

Beckman Coulter & The Children's Museum at La Habra teamed up to improve the KinderScience outreach program. KinderScience is a program featuring outreach visits to school classrooms, museum field trips and follow-up activities using loaned science kits to expose kindergarten, first and second grade children to the life sciences. The Museum plays an important role supporting early learning, language development and school readiness of young children by meeting the needs of the community in which it resides.

Orange County Science & Engineering Fair

As a community leader, Beckman Coulter has supported the Orange County Science & Engineering Fair for the past 5 years by providing a forum to challenge students to develop inquiry-based, hands-on investigations in science and engineering.

The Children's Initiative: San Diego

Beckman Coulter supports the Children’s Initiative "Science Link" Program in San Diego, CA. After school academic science, math and technology programs are developed for low-income families to promote and prepare students for higher education. In 2005, more than 320 students participated in the "Science Link" Program.

Minnesota Children's Museum: Science Squad

Since 2004, Beckman Coulter has provided generous support to the Minnesota Children's Museum science programs. The Science Squad Program has become a dynamic way to increase youth-volunteer interactions and impact with museum visitors. Science Squad is a group of young volunteers, ages 14 - 18 that help enhance the museum’s science-focused exhibits.

Miami Museum of Science

For the past 4 years, Beckman Coulter has been a proud supporter of the Miami Museum of Science. The Museum’s Education Department is nationally recognized for its award-winning programs that have helped redefine the role that science museums and science centers can play in strengthening overall public science literacy, as well as formal science education. The Museum’s Education team develops, tests, and implements strategies and materials to support science learning opportunities for a variety of audiences.

Specialized programs focus on making science exciting and accessible to traditionally underrepresented groups, notably girls and low-income youth, providing them with the experiences, preparation and mentoring.

Project Tomorrow

Beckman Coulter is a proud supporter of Project Tomorrow.

Project Tomorrow is a nonprofit partnership that brings together top business and education leaders from Orange County, California who come together to foster, support and strengthen K-12 science education.

Project Tomorrow serves as a catalyst for science education excellence by working with schools, districts, businesses and the community to:

• stimulate demand for strong science programs
• spearhead collaborations between county science and educational organizations
• facilitate the use of public and private resources to sustain successful reform efforts

For more information about Project Tomorrow, visit www.tomorrow.org.

Heritage Exhibit

Beckman Coulter's unique Heritage Exhibit, located at company headquarters in Fullerton, California, highlights more than 70 years of innovation in analytical instrumentation. Here you can visualize our company's past contributions to science, medicine and automation - and even see our role in unrelated fields like space technology.

Countless people from around the globe have enjoyed and learned from the exhibit's diverse product displays, artifacts and multimedia presentations. In addition, you will witness our pride in our founders. The exhibit features the historic pH meter developed by Dr. Arnold O. Beckman in 1934, as well as the Coulter Counter® - the Coulter brothers' invention that virtually revolutionized blood cell analysis.

Honored with the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of local, state and regional history, our Heritage Exhibit received a certificate of commendation from the American Association for State and Local History.

No other company in our industry can match Beckman Coulter's long and diverse heritage of innovation and excellence. We look forward to your visit.

To schedule a tour, contact 714-773-6924.

Beckman Coulter Founders Scholarship Program

The Beckman Coulter Founders Scholarship Program acknowledges the accomplishments of our employees' children and supports their educational goals and aspirations of obtaining college and university degrees. Each year, 13 deserving students are each awarded $5,000, or equivalent converted currency to assist them in obtaining their undergraduate educations.

Congratulations to our 2009 winners:

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