Sunday, November 16, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room A16, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Symposium: Revitalizing Undergraduate Majors in Entomology

Organizer(s): Tiffany M Heng-Moss, thengmoss2@unl.edu
Sujaya Rao, sujaya@oregonstate.edu
1:30 PM Remarks on The Entomological Foundation
S. B. Vinson, bvinson@tamu.edu
1:50 PM The Entomological Foundation Awards
Jerome Grant, jgrant@utk.edu
2:10 PM Founders' Memorial Award Lecture
Allan Felsot
2:30 PM Winning Slides from 49th National Insect Photographic Salon
James E. Appleby, jappleby@illinois.edu
2:50 PM 2008 ESA Fellows and Awards Program
J. F. Grant, jgrant@utk.edu
3:10 PM President's Remarks
Michael E. Gray, megray@uiuc.edu
3:30 PM 2012 International Congress of Entomology
3:50 PMIntroductory Remarks
3:55 PM 0237Purdue recruiting students to entomology: Visibility is the key
Tom Turpin, turpin@purdue.edu
4:15 PM0238Entomology at Texas A&M: Harnessing the passion
Kevin Teele, pteel@tamu.edu, Kevin Heinz, kmheinz@tamu.edu
4:35 PM0239Entomology at Delaware: Small but sustainable through integration
Judy Hough-Goldstein, jhough@udel.edu
4:55 PM0240Oregon State University: Interdepartmental entomology can be a challenge
Sujaya Rao, sujaya@oregonstate.edu
5:15 PM 0241Insect science: It's (not) all in the name
Gary Brewer, gbrewer2@unl.edu, Tiffany Heng-Moss, thengmoss2@unl.edu
5:35 PM Break
5:45 PM 0242An undergraduate major: Survival of a small department
George C. Hamilton, hamilton@aesop.rutgers.edu
6:05 PM0243University of Nebraska - let's start at the very beginning: Recruiting students to a new insect science program
Lisa Silberman, lsilberman1@unl.edu
6:20 PM0244The new world of private-sector entomology:  The future is finally here
Scott Hutchins, shhutchins@dow.com
6:40 PM0245Career opportunities for entomologists in state and federal government
H. J. Meyer, hmeyer@csrees.usda.gov
7:00 PM 0246It doesn't get any better than this: Educational opportunities for entomologists in the Department of Defense
Stanton E. Cope
7:20 PM Panel Discussion

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