Focusing Recruitment, Retention and Research Experiences (FRRRE Project)

Objectives

• Recruit talented high school, community college, undergraduate and graduate students into natural resources management degree programs (environmental geology and forestry);
• Retain students with a highly engaging and supportive learning environment; and,
• Develop experiential learning for students through local internship and onsite field-trips with specialists from diverse natural resources management entities.

Activities

• Internships with natural resources management agencies
• On-campus lectures and seminars from natural resources management professionals
• Research mentorship with natural resources management professionals
• Field trips to sites of geologic, agricultural, or forestry importance and interest

Highlights

• Stipends for participation in FRRRE-sponsored activities
• One $50,000 scholarship to an Hispanic student majoring in environmental geology or forestry at New Mexico Highlands University