EMSCO Scientific Enterprises, Inc., a West Philadelphia based provider of research equipment and supplies, recently donated two truckloads of lab equipment to Cheyney University. Dr. Patrick M. Oates, Senior Vice President of Strategy & Business Development for EMSCO, spearheaded the efforts.
"I love to support my HBCU’s (Historically Black Colleges & Universities),” he said, to Science faculty members and administrators gathered in the University's New Science Center following delivery of the second shipment this month. The donations include protective clothing and apparel, gloves, dust masks and respirators, first aid kits, reusable and disposable bottles and jars, pipettes and pipettors, flasks, hot plates, general labware, cell culture, tissue culture products, Bio-production filtration, and much more. All will be used to help train Cheyney students in the STEM field.
“The donations that they’ve made will really help the department and the students that we serve,” shared Dr. Adedoyin Adeyiga, a Cheyney University Chemistry professor. “The glassware will allow us to expand the number of experiments that we do with students and also help train students in techniques that are important to companies such as EMSCO.”
“Your gifts will not go unnoticed,” assured Dr. Pogue, as he thanked Dr. Oates and EMSCO for their generosity. He promised that all donations would be put to very good use in Cheyney's Chemistry and Biology laboratories.
“I think it’s an absolutely great donation,” said Langley, who explained that the expired equipment was still suitable for the university’s uses and for training purposes. “It saves the university a lot of money and gives the students the opportunity to do more productive research.”