INFORMS Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) is looking to create a bank of modularized outreach activities that can be used by INFORMS student chapters and members in the future that are interested in doing local K-12 outreach. This is a part of the larger 2022 DEI Ambassador Program - Strategic Initiative: High School Outreach Project. The project is tasked with creating High School Outreach materials. Each outreach activity aims to introduce, excite, and engage students in Operations Research and Management Science by having them complete an OR/MS activity. While part of the DEI initiative is to create some activities, we are hoping to reach out to the broader INFORMS to develop a larger number of examples that INFORMS members can select from in the future when implementing outreach near their local chapters.
Activities would ideally be:
- 25-30min or 45-50 minutes in length
- Targeted for Middle Schools and/or High school students
- Require the use of free software or hand calculations
- Can be used or adapted to fit virtual and in-person formats
You can directly contribute your materials with any instructions and accreditation that should be used on the INFORMS Diversity resources page https://connect.informs.org/diversity/resources. Please "sign-in" to your INFORMS account at the top right-hand corner. Then, click the green "Create Entry" button on the top-right, which will bring up the form "Add to a Library". Under the "Library" Menu, select "Diversity Community", then under "Folder" select "Outreach Resources". Materials will only be accessible to current INFORMS members.
If you have any questions or would like us to upload your activity for you, you can email, Veronica White at vmwhite@wisc.edu.
Thank you,
Veronica White
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Veronica White
Ph.D. Student
University of Wisconsin Madison
Madison WI
On behalf of the Strategic Initiative: High School Outreach Project Team:
Carmen Haseltine
Mary Ogidgben
Liz Scaria
Veronica White
Katy Wrenn
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