Mayo Scholars congratulated

Mayo Scholars and mentors pictured are (back row, left to right): Adrian Bauer, MBA candidate from the University of St. Thomas and MISP team leader; Dr. Jeanne Minnerath, SMU associate professor of biology; Dr. Shelly McCallum, SMU associate professor of business; John Meslow, Medtronics Foundation; Dr. Marilyn Frost, SMU vice president for academic affairs; and Dr. Elizabeth Throop, SMU dean, School of Humanities and Sciences. (Front row, left to right): Zach Cizek, senior marketing major; Brian Kasel, senior biophysics major; Cree Kachelski, junior biology major; and Billie Keilen, senior accounting/management major.

Saint Mary’s Business and Biology Departments would like to congratulate the 2010/11 Mayo Innovation Scholarship award winners upon completion of their outstanding project work.

The SMU team included biology students Cree Kachelski and Brian Kasel, along with Business students Zachary Cizek and Billie Keilen. The team presented their work to the Mayo Clinic Office of Intellectual Property on March 11 at the Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester.

Saint Mary’s collaborates with the Minnesota Private Colleges Council, Mayo Clinic, and the Medtronics Foundation in participating in the Mayo Innovation Scholarship program. The program offers undergraduate students the opportunity to work alongside a selected MBA student from a private college in Minnesota addressing research projects submitted by Mayo Clinic researchers for development consideration. The Mayo Innovation Scholarships are available to junior and senior business and science students with applications requested in the fall semester.

Faculty advisors this year were Drs. Jeanne Minnerath and Shelly McCallum.