UDTA 2015: Dept. of Entomology

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The UNL Department of Entomology won the 2015 University-Wide Departmental Teaching Award.

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[00:00:07.351]The highlight of Hillary Fischer's study abroad experience
[00:00:10.375]in Costa Rica was an encounter with an insect.
[00:00:13.927]It was like that big and it bit me and drew blood
[00:00:16.223]it was just…
[00:00:16.919]In the department of Entomology, Hillary has found a home
[00:00:19.935]with those who share the same passion.
[00:00:22.951]I came here and I just have so many endless options
[00:00:25.263]like anything I ever want to do I can do here.
[00:00:27.271]The department reaches every level of education in class or online.
[00:00:32.631]If you look at their portfolio, it's completely across the learning from K through college
[00:00:39.431]and then adult learners as well, so the whole spectrum is their campus.
[00:00:43.919]Innovation and diversity characterize the department's educational offerings.
[00:00:48.607]Programs include the doctor of plant health, one of two
[00:00:51.978]nationally and a professional program in veterinary medicine.
[00:00:56.423]It's best to put your tubes in facing the same way…
[00:00:59.999]On the undergraduate level, forensic science provides cross disciplinary study.
[00:01:05.063]Forensics is becoming extremely important and as we become more advance you have
[00:01:09.728]to rely more and more on the basic science.
[00:01:12.655]Active learning enhances the experience of students who are engaged
[00:01:16.407]in the lab and the field.
[00:01:18.896]Research conducted by faculty brings new knowledge to the classroom.
[00:01:23.000]We are integrating what we learn from the lab into the course what we teach
[00:01:29.759]so that the students will be updated with all those recent discoveries and they
[00:01:34.647]can learn all these new fascinating things happening.
[00:01:38.655]Entomology has a history of success in online learning.
[00:01:42.007]Offering the first online masters of science in entomology in the country.
[00:01:46.920]The department's online program continues to be a model for others.
[00:01:51.399]Our online student are all over the place.
[00:01:54.535]They're in the armed forces, they're people in the agrochemical industries,
[00:01:58.711]they are people who are k-12 educators
[00:02:01.767]they are extension educators.
[00:02:04.359]Do you want to hold it?
[00:02:06.159]Extension and outreach bring entomology to learners across the state.
[00:02:10.575]An effort to improve science literacy attracts grant funding and
[00:02:15.191]reaches more than 300-thousand people every year.
[00:02:19.295]Science literacy is incredibly important for the future of our world.
[00:02:23.439]I think if we can make the public more aware and learn about how to make positive impacts,
[00:02:28.375]positive behavioral changes around these issues,
[00:02:32.479]we have a chance of having a world that we expect to have.
[00:02:36.095]Students say caring faculty and staff provide an experience that goes beyond the textbook.
[00:02:41.919]Erin Ingram has a bachelors degree in elementary education
[00:02:46.008]and credits faculty for helping her switch gears.
[00:02:49.583]I probably wouldn't have had all of the opportunities
[00:02:52.583]that I've had to get back into a field like entomology
[00:02:55.615]without the particular faculty that are here.
[00:02:59.783]In the department of entomology, students find community.
[00:03:03.471]The entomology department I feel does really great teaching,
[00:03:06.223]getting to know their students, doing outreach activities.
[00:03:09.943]Kind of a small community.
[00:03:13.127]Everybody gets along; everybody knows everybody.
[00:03:16.271]From the UNL campus to the jungles of Costa Rica, the department of entomology makes an impact
[00:03:21.727]on a new generation of scientists, teachers and professionals.
[00:03:26.031]I think we do a phenomenal job educating these students.
[00:03:29.767]I am ecstatic about winning this departmental award.
[00:03:32.927]When this was announced in our faculty meeting,
[00:03:35.119]I started jumping up and down and going,
[00:03:37.287]YES, YES….
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