Campus events include laboratory demonstrations in chemistry during Interterm sessions. A significant number of Nebraska schools are challenged to provide even the most basic laboratory equipment to serve their limited curriculum.
The science division of Doane College hosts a daylong program called Study Science that places high school students in the chemistry lab as part of a specialized campus recruiting experience. Additional outreach to middle school and high school students by the chemistry department includes the annual Chemistry Poker competition for beginning high school chemistry students. Doane created special playing cards for this game based on element placement in the periodic table.
Project SEED, funded by the American Chemical Society, sponsors high school students from underprivileged socio-economic backgrounds to conduct research in the chemistry department at Doane College.