Recruitment, Outreach, Opportunities, and Mentoring
ENRICH (Endeavor for Recruiting in Cooling and Heating)


Recruitment
ENRICH US (undergraduates) will enable undergraduate students from under-resourced communities to work in EARTH member labs while earning course credits
Mentorship
ENRICH GO (graduate opportunities) will host EARTH-institution graduate students (especially those from underserved communities) to attend the ENRICH GO Seminar at EARTH’s annual meetings

ENRICH MENTOR connects new or mid-career faculty and professionals with experienced mentors, in alignment with EARTH’s goal of creating a supportive environment to retain personnel diversity.
Mentoring Awards
EARTH Mentor will encourage the formation of mentor/mentee teams to build networks and promote comfortable spaces for peer mentoring. To reward leadership development, EARTH will recognize an Outstanding Mentor each year during the ENRICH GO seminar luncheon. As part of the ENRICH MENTOR program, EARTH’s RET program will also provide peer-mentoring support for community-college teachers, including instructors from tribal colleges.

Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC) student Tilynn Campbell-Miller (middle) and Wayne State College student MaKenna King (right) presenting their summer research, conducted in the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Dakota, at the 2024

Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC) student Tilynn Campbell-Miller operating a Bruker 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer during her research internship in the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Dakota in summer 2024

Group photo of attendees participating in a chemistry outreach workshop at Oglala Lakota College, SD in July 2024. The workshop was organized by a team of graduate students and faculty from the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Dakota.

Oglala Lakota College student Ron Campbell performing a chemistry experiment at an outreach workshop organized by a team of graduate students and faculty from the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Dakota.