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In the Villanueva Victory Club, overlooking the New Mexico State University (NMSU) football field, a victory in academics, rather than sports, inspired celebration recently.

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The senior advisor at EM’s Idaho National Laboratory Site said there are people who don’t want to fill out applications or sign up for events like the panel session they participated in at the 2024 Waste Management Symposia focusing on EM's Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) and advancing a sustainable, diverse science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) pipeline.

EM’s cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site has partnered with an Idaho Falls-based small business through DOE’s Mentor-Protégé Program.

EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently awarded a certificate for completing the DOE Mentor-Protégé Program to a local company.

Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B), the EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) legacy waste cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, awarded more than 80% of its nearly $290 million in planned purchases in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 to small businesses, beating its goal of 65%.

The liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) awarded approximately 80% of its subcontracted work to small businesses in fiscal year 2023 (FY23), surpassing EM’s goal for the 12-month period by more than 30%.

Florida International University (FIU) and DOE inducted 12 fellows — 10 from EM and two from the DOE Office of Legacy Management — into the Science and Technology Workforce Development Program during a ceremony last week.