Greg Babe, President and CEO, Bayer Corporation

“It’s important you understand why a company like Bayer is involved in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education. As a science and research-based company, with major businesses in health care, crop science and material science, Bayer’s vitality and viability depends on a well-educated, well-prepared workforce.

But our involvement also stems from something much larger than our own concerns. Something that is embodied in Bayer’s mission of ‘Science for a Better Life,’ which holds as one of its key tenets corporate social responsibility designed to benefit humankind and society at all levels.

Thus, Making Science Make Sense isn’t only about educating the next generation of scientists, engineers and mathematicians. It’s also about equipping all students with the skills acquired from a high-quality, hands-on science education…skills like critical thinking, creativity and adapting to change…skills that, in today’s fast-paced scientific and technological world, are essential to any career one chooses.”