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WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE?


Entomology Appreciation

The club provides an opportunity for anyone at the University of Kentucky who has an interest in entomology to get together. The biggest purpose of our club is to serve as the student voice in departmental functions and community service activities and as a means of circulating information of importance to graduate students and staff. We participate in many functions in the College of Agriculture and in the Department of Entomology. The members of our club serve as leaders at the departments annual Insect Walk at Raven Run, many members judge area science fairs, give presentation to elementary students, and participate in the AgRound for College of Agriculture and Princeton Field Day for UK extension. Club members often go out to elementary schools, and Earth Day celebrations to show people about the wonders of entomology and recently at the 1996 Entomological Society National meeting in Louisville, KY, members presented a puppet theater for the 2000 elementary students who visited the INSECT EXPO. We have recently taken on the task of learning the skills necessary to make our own web page and hope to be giving an informative presentation of the department and entomology club members as graduate students. We are also involved in a variety of outside activities from t-shirt design contests, insect collecting trips, potlucks, and softball competitions against the faculty (which we often lose), which bring individuals together and build a spirit of cooperation.

Student Choice Speakers

Another responsiblity of the club is to select a student choice seminar speaker each year. We are given the opportunity to select one speaker a year from anywhere in the USA to come and give a departmental seminar. This not only provides us with the opportunity to hear a seminar by an expert in a chosen field, but it also allows us to interact with a well-respected individual for several days and in a variety of activities. These activities not only include intellectually stimulating conversations about the newest trends in entomology, but also include times to eat, drink, and visit Kentucky whiskey distilleries, horse farms, and nature reserves!
 



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