ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Peace Corps: Creating Global Entomologists for a Global Society

Wednesday, November 14, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Cumberland (Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown)
Organizers:
Jeffrey A. Davis
Katherine L. Kamminga


1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
1704
Peace Corps: Opportunities for global collaboration
A. Panikowski, Peace Corps
2:00 PM
1705
How my Peace Corps/Paraguay tour became my entomology Ph.D. and opened the door to everything else
Alexander L. Wild, University of Illinois
2:20 PM
1706
Solving the math to bee a Peace Corps Volunteer: 3 missions + 2 jobs = 1 great experience
Matthew E. O'Neal, Iowa State University
2:40 PM
1707
Peace Corps service: How pesticide safety, erosion control, and goat cheese shaped my career
Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, N/A
3:00 PM
1708
Peace Corps: A global extension of extension
Ric Bessin, University of Kentucky
3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
1709
Volunteers in the “land of the unexpected”
Gregory Setliff, Kutztown University
3:55 PM
1710
Fostering international research: Another benefit of a Peace Corps experience
Desiree R. Robertson, Frostburg State University
4:15 PM
1711
Life as an agricultural volunteer in The Gambia (2000-2002)
Katherine L. Kamminga, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
4:35 PM
1712
Peace Corps Senegal: Helping farmers grow more with less
Jeffrey A. Davis, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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