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THE PEOPLE OF SRNS

SRNS Education Outreach Specialist Lead Kim Mitchell enjoys sharing
STEM-related career opportunities with students and teachers, and the
pandemic hasn’t dampened her enthusiasm for her work with educational
partners in South Carolina and Georgia.
“Our group has found new virtual opportunities to reach students, even with
teachers and students returning to classrooms this fall. Our programs are
reaching more students than ever before,” said Mitchell. “More than 35,000
students have viewed our virtual field trips since March 2020, and long-
standing SRS events like CSRA College Night, Future City, Science Bowl and
the CSRA Science and Engineering Fair have continued in virtual formats.”
Mitchell credits employee volunteers as key to the success of SRNS
Education Outreach efforts, along with video services, graphics, engineering
and Information Technology organizations.
Mitchell earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Biology from
Georgia Southern and came to SRS in 1992 as a lab tech in F and H labs,
moving into lab supervision and specialist roles before joining Education
Outreach. “As a grad student I enjoyed teaching lab classes, so now I put
my science background and lab experience to work with schools,” she
Kim Mitchell explained. “I also brought my SRS lab background and our emphasis on
Conduct of Operations into this role, so I make sure we’re incorporating
operational safety into all aspects of our learning opportunities.”
She and her husband, Michael, who works in Savannah River Tritium
AT SRNS: Education Outreach Specialist Lead Enterprise, live in North Augusta and have two children.

Heroes helping heroes

Tony Smiley and Dustin LaBarge of the SRS Fire Department

SRNS was a presenting sponsor of this year’s annual FireK FiveK run in Evans, Georgia. The
FireK FiveK raises awareness and funds for firefighters and their immediate family members who
are battling cancer, which is the leading cause of death for firefighters. This family-friendly event
included a 5K run and one mile fun run, a fun zone with bouncy houses, a fire safety house, face
painting, food and more. SRNS firefighters brought home a Fire Team Champion trophy. SRS Fire Department member Rocky Blessing