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KU names new manager for Metro Student Bioscience Institute

LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Bioscience Continuing Education has named a new program manager to develop biotechnology workshops and related short courses for community college students in the Kansas City area.

Elizabeth Wenske-Mullinax, who has worked with biotechnology training programs at Middlesex Community College in Bedford, Mass., has been hired through the collaboration of KU Continuing Education and the Higuchi Biosciences Center to coordinate the activities of the Metro Student Bioscience Institute.

The institute is based at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City, Mo., and is funded through a National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation grant. The program supplements students’ academic curriculum and introduces skills unique to the life science and biotechnology industries.

“I’m excited about this opportunity,” Wenske-Mullinax said. “The job combines my passion for science education with my industry experience and gives me an opportunity to promote careers in the life science area for Kansas City metro students.”

Wenske-Mullinax earned a doctorate in microbiology/virology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She has worked for many years in the life science and pharmaceutical industries in the Boston area.

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