awe participate in Outreach for the expand your horizons conference

​The Aggie Women took part in the expand your horizons (EYH) conference for sixth grade girls. This program is designed to encourage young girls to pursue careers in science and math, make young women aware of career opportunities in math and science related fields and provide young women a chance to meet female role models in math, science and engineering careers. Graduate student AWE members, Alex Payne, Chloe Hawkings, Jocelyn Holt, Joanie King, Karen Poh and Samantha Sawyer worked to conduct a workshop that highlighted the importance of studying insects. They showed the young women different pest and beneficial insect species, gave them some insight into careers in entomology and why it is important to study them. The workshop was well received and was one of the most popular workshops during the day, we were particularly impressed with how the young women interacted with our live specimens! We are excited to host more outreach opportunities like this one!! More information about the event can be found on the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences website where the graduate students gained recognition for their efforts: 
https://entomology.tamu.edu/2017/12/08/members-aggie-women-entomology-helped-sixth-grade-girls-get-interested-stem-entomology/​