Field Station Goals

• To provide hands-on, field-oriented experiences for students from regional Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Minority Institutions (MI) undergraduate in programs that utilize math and science principles to solve complex real-life problems in agriculture, environmental science, natural resource management, and engineering by using the expertise available at the HBCU'S, MI's, government agencies, private sector, and the natural and technological resources available at the Savannah River Site.

• To increase recruitment and retention of minority students and women in science, engineering, natural resources management and environmental career professions.

• To increase science literacy and public education on complex environmental issues.