JCHS TEACHER RECEIVES VENTRIA BIOSCIENCE AWARD GRANT

Junction City, KS., April 22, 2007 – The Geary County Unified School District announced today that it has been awarded a grant from Ventria Bioscience to send a local high school science teacher, Matt Krehbiel, Junction City High School, to the Biotechnology Institute’s Teacher-Leader program. The Teacher-Leader program offers teachers hands-on professional development sessions, teaching strategies, and tours of leading biotechnology sites with the goal of enabling science teachers to easily integrate biotechnology content and activities into the classroom.

“I am looking forward to participating in the Teacher-Leader program and incorporating new teaching strategies and resources into my curriculum”, said Matt Krehbiel, Biology Teacher, Junction City High School. “The field of biotechnology is broad and has numerous applications. It has led to the creation of new medicines, new types of agriculture and new ways to fuel the planet and I am looking forward to sharing these discoveries with my students”.

“ Education is the foundation of future progress in the biosciences. By awarding this grant, we want to do our part to contribute to the educational opportunities available in Geary County’s schools and for teachers like Matt who are training tomorrow’s leaders.” said Scott Deeter, President and CEO, Ventria Bioscience.

The 2007 Teacher-Leader Program will be held May 3-6 in Boston, MA and is followed by the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s International Convention, which will be held in Boston, May 6-9 and will be attended by more than 20,000 attendees, including researchers, academia, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and many others.

About Ventria Bioscience
Ventria is committed to developing affordable human health products that enhance and save lives. A recent child health study showed that Ventria’s initial product helped reduce the duration of diarrhea in children by 30 percent, from 5.2 days to 3.7 days. Childhood diarrhea is the second leading killer of children, claiming 2 million lives annually according to the World Health Organization. For more information, visit www.Ventria.com.

About the Geary County Unified School District
Geary County School District No. 475 operates the public schools in Junction City, Fort Riley, Milford and Grandview Plaza. The district serves approximately 6,400 students representing a cross-section of socioeconomic and ethnic groups. Approximately 50 percent of the district’s students have a parent or guardian on active duty with the U.S. Army at Fort Riley, Kansas. The district operates 13 elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school.

About the Biotechnology Institute
The Biotechnology Institute is as an independent, national nonprofit organization dedicated to education about the present and future impact of biotechnology. Its mission is to engage, excite and educate the public, particularly students and teachers, about biotechnology and its immense potential for solving human health, food and environmental problems. For more information, visit www.biotechinstitute.org.

CONTACT:

Charles Volland, APR
Communications Coord., Geary County Unified School District
785-717-4066 CHARLESVOLLAND@USD475.ORG

Brandy Sargent
Corporate Communications, Ventria Bioscience
916-921-6148 EXT. 27 BSARGENT@VENTRIA.COM

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