Fall 2020
Subcommittee members:
- Danae Diaz (Graduate Student)
- Shannon Fang (Undergraduate Student)
- Richard Hilleary (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Action Items:
- Grad school Preview Weekend for BIPOC students throughout the South- Working with Recruitment subcommittee
- Improve transparency and communication of ongoing Outreach efforts
- Participate in existing outreach efforts as a department (rather than individuals)
- Create a Bio Dept. Outreach event
- Bio Education Outreach program
Progress as of Nov. 30 2020:
- Graduate School Preview Weekend for BIPOC students throughout the South:
- Working with Recruitment subcommittee: Planning stages
- Recruit undergraduates IiPOC Liaisons: Set agenda, date, etc.
- Improve transparency and communication of ongoing Outreach efforts:
- Work with Marie Claire Chelini to update Outreach website
- Collate & Highlight ongoing outreach efforts
- Sent Survey on outreach efforts across the department 10/2020 (Re-send 12/2020)
- Brainstorm better methods of community outreach:
- K-12 School officials, community centers, life sciences museum, etc.
- Participate in existing outreach efforts as a department
- Science under the stars
- Collaborate with Chemistry department to help pack and distribute take-home experiments
- In the future (next year) also plan bio-related experiments
- Darwin Day (sign up for 2 slots and organize two activities)
- Create a Bio Dept. Outreach event
- Brainstorm: For Darwin Day?
- Outreach program
- Meet with CAC to understand community interest
- Draft Goals and design
Goals/ Accomplish by:
- Grad school Preview Weekend for BIPOC students throughout the South- Working with Recruitment subcommittee
- Host at end of spring 2021
- Improve transparency and communication of ongoing Outreach efforts
- Work with Marie Claire Chelini (communication fellow) to update Outreach website (ongoing)
- Collate & Highlight ongoing outreach efforts
- Have complete list by beginning of spring 2021 and share with Marie Claire for communication on website
- Develop better methods of community outreach
- Reach out to local public schools and distribute collated outreach efforts and opportunity for involvement by fall 2021
- Participate in existing outreach efforts as a department
- Science under the stars
- Help pack and distribute take-home experiments
- In the future (next year) also plan bio-related experiments
- Darwin Day
- Host two activities (Feb 2021)
- Create a Bio Dept. Outreach event
- Design by Fall 2021 to Host Spring 2022
- Outreach program
- Design by Fall 2021 to Host by Summer 2022