 My name is Russell Deop and I'm a PhD student in environmental ecological engineering and I am a black engineer. Prior to coming to Purdue, I did a campus visit where I noticed that there weren't any students of color or black students that I was introduced to in my department. That was one of the things that motivated me to come to Purdue and create a better environment. One of the things I'm involved in is that I versed in the inclusion committee through the Purdue graduate student government and Purdue student government and it's designed to implore Purdue to create more actionable items that foster a better environment for black students and students of color on campus. So one of the things the Diversion and Inclusion Committee that I'm on that I was working on is trying to recruit more students of color and African-American students because I go back to these communities and I see that a lot of them want to be athletes and entertainers but they can be so much more like doctors, lawyers, and engineers like myself.