Recruitment & Outreach Events
Academic Year 2024-2025 |
CoSE & IMNH Events | Community Events | ISU Events |
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August/September | October | November/December | January/February | March/April | May/June/July
| Event Name | Contact | Audience/Description |
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| Academic Recruitment Videos | Recruitment video sign-up | Filming of Biology faculty interviews and b-roll footage of classrooms, labs, and other areas of interest to advertise departments and programs. |
| Annual Portneuf River Cleanup | Help clean up trash and debris from the banks and main channel of our Portneuf River. | |
| Student Involvement Fair | College students can interact with student organizations and ISU departments to learn more. The Student Union will host a BBQ featuring a live band. | |
| This is Biology: Networking | ||
| Edson Fichter Nature Talks | Free lecture series co-sponsored by Friends of the Edson Fichter Nature Area and Idaho Fish and Game! | |
| Health Science Experience Night | <susanmarion@isu.edu> | High school students engage with ISU academic programs, advanced learning technologies, and experts. |
| Event Name | Contact | Audience/Description |
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| CAMP |
Students in grades 7-12 attending this event will engage in exciting interactive, hands-on, and STEM-related breakout sessions, enhance their leadership skills, and be inspired by our key-note speaker. |
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| Southeast Idaho College Fair | Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu> | |
| High School Lunch Visits | Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu> | Showcase the CoSE programs and resources available for all high school students. |
| MMACH visits | Susan Marion <susanmarion@isu.edu> | Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School |
| Haunted Science Lab, Bannock County Fairgrounds |
Steve Shropshire <shrostev@isu.edu> |
Help with setup, staffing during student/public visits, faculty to help learn the event to continue it after Steve retries. |
| Fall Fossil Fest at Idaho Museum of Natural History |
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Spread awareness to staff, faculty, and students |
| Chem Club Demo Show | Friday, Oct. 25 (ISU students) and Saturday Oct. 26 (Community) | The show illustrates the science behind extreme chemical reactions, with live demonstrations. Spread awareness to staff, faculty, and students |
| High School Lunch Visits | Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu> | Showcase the CoSE programs and resources available for all high school students. |
| Indigenous Peoples Day | Volunteer Form | This event will be a day-long teach-in for community, students, faculty, staff, and administration. Volunteers are needed in various roles, including greeters, guides, and moderators. |
| STEMx | College of Technology | 8th Grade students learn from Idaho State University instructors, participate in hands-on activities, and examine educational pathways that lead to great careers. |
| STEM Career Fair | The Career Center is hosting the annual STEM Career Fair. | |
| Experience the Roar | High school students interact with faculty provide across the ISU campus. |
| Event Name | Contact | Audience/Description |
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| Counselor Day | Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu> | High School Counselors and College and Career Advisors from across the state are invited to join us on campus to learn more about our academic and technical programs, student resources, and tour our campus and facilities. |
| Health Science Experience Night | Susan Marion <susanmarion@isu.edu> | High school students engage with ISU academic programs, advanced learning technologies, and experts. |
| High School Lunch Visits | Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu> | Showcase the CoSE programs and resources available for all high school students. |
| Idaho Scholars | Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu> | High achieving prospective students from the State of Idaho and surrounding states are invited to attend this event and be celebrated for their academic achievements. We invite all departments to have a table at the event so students can discover what ISU has to offer them. |
| TRIO Educational Talent Search Program | 50 senior high school students all across Southern Idaho arrive at Idaho State University and attend workshops regarding college life/culture, safety on campus, and outside programs our students would benefit from after starting college. There will also be Table Time with different ISU academic programs. | |
| Invent Idaho SE Regional Competition | Grace Lutheran School, 208-240-274; Judge Registration Form before Friday October 27th. | Grades K-9 inventors will have their inventions displayed (50 projects) with poster boards, journals, and models for evaluation. Students will not be present. Judges are needed. |
| Bingham County Career Fair | Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu> | High school students engage with academic programs and businesses and apply for scholarships. |
| Event Name | Contact | Audience/Description |
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CSI & CEI Spring Transfer Fair |
Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu>
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College students visit with regional four-year colleges/universities to learn about the transfer process and academic programs, financial aid, scholarships, internships, and housing.
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| BYU Career Fair |
Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu>
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Create a virtual booth in Handshake. Within the booth, you can provide company information, employment information, display majors you are recruiting and create group information sessions (30 minutes each) or one-on-one “get to know you” interview slots (10 minutes each).
All STEM majors at BYU-Idaho will be invited to attend the fair.
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| Rugir con ISU | Rugir con ISU is an event that is designed to motivate and inspire more of our community to discover their opportunities at Idaho State. Come learn about the application process, scholarships, financial resources, and be empowered by the connections you make with our Faculty and Staff | |
| Snake River High School Tour | High school students in AP classes tour ISU. | |
| Bengal STEM Day | Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu> | Students will visit our campus to participate in competitions and interactive learning activities focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. |
| CSI STEM Club Visit | April Robinson <aprilrobinson@isu.edu> | College students from CSI STEM Club tour CoSE departments |
| Event Name | Contact | Audience/Description |
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| American Falls High School Career Fair | The fair will be held during lunch for all students but will be heavily advertised to all Seniors and Juniors. | |
| STEM Up! | Tech Expo (forms near bottom) | Elementary school students engage with advanced learning technologies and experts in academia and businesses. |
| Tech Expo | Tech Expo (forms near bottom) | High school students engage with advanced learning technologies and experts in academia and businesses. |
| Shoshone- Bannock Workforce/ College Prep Workshops |
Host a table for the department of biology. |
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| Bengal Visit Day | Logan McDougall <loganmcdougall@isu.edu> |
Students and their families have the opportunity to come to campus to tour facilities, meet Faculty and staff, explore their academic interests, and see what it's like to be a Bengal. |
| Portneuf Environmental Fair | Volunteer at: https://envirofair.org/volunteers/ | Community event to teach about the small steps everyone can take at home, work, school, and on the road to improve our local environment. |
| Event Name | Contact | Audience/Description |
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| STEM & Resources Fair | Lenora Begay <lbegay@sbd537.org> |
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| Science Trek | Robert Gay <robertgay@isu.edu> |
3rd - 5th Graders see how Bengal scientists work in their worlds and demystifying science. |
| Ignite Their Futures Summer Camp |
Josh Pak <joshpak@isu.edu> |
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| Poky Paddle |
Community event for floaters and observers alike to celebrate the Portneuf River. |
Science outreach is a public outreach service that includes a variety of activities performed by research institutes, universities, and institutions, such as science museums, that aim to promote public understanding and awareness of science and to make informal contributions to science education.
Recruitment, on the other-hand, are those strategies and tactics any organization uses to find, attract, engage, and nurture talent before they apply to a university or for employment. It is also called the talent acquisition pre-recruitment process.
Retention and persistence are those strategies and tactics used by colleges and universities to improve graduation rates and decrease a loss of tuition revenue. Institutions measure the rates as:
- student retention = the number of students who re-enroll each academic year until graduation.
- student persistence = the number of students that finish each semester.