My name is Elizabeth Rentfro and I am Sophomore at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln studying Journalism and English. Entomology was a very big learning experience for me and I am grateful for the hands on experience. I learned so much about the Tobacco Hornworm throughout this course
and it was so cool seeing it grow. I learned a lot about things I used to not think about everyday like genetically modified insects and the debate that is circulating around that topic currently. Overall it was a great class!

Hi my name is Jonathan Scripnick. I am a freshman here at UNL. I am on the University of Nebraska Men's Gymnastics team here as well. I am studying Business Management. A very fun part of this class was watching the Hornworm grow into a moth, it was really interesting to see all the stages of its life cycle.

My name is Natalie VanGerpen and I am currently a Sophomore here at UNL. I am majoring in Elementary Education and taking Entomology 115 as one of my science with a lab classes. I took this class because it seems way more interesting to me than Chemistry and I need to get over my fear of bugs. Through this class and the lab I can proudly say I don’t jump and run away from the site of bugs. I now try to figure out what classification the bug falls under. We are wrapping up the semester now but my favorite thing was taking home the cockroach. My roommates and I were both very skeptical about it being in our apartment but he grew on us big time and we still have him around!

My name is Mary Ann Morrison and I am a Communication major with an Enterprenuership minor and a Gerontology certificate. I want to work with elderly social work after school.

When I first started taking this class it was just for a science credit but as the class went along I have found a new appreciation for insects. I always use to say if I had three wishes one of them would be to get rid of all insects. Of course this is when I didn’t know anything about insects or the benefits that they bring to the world. So now I know longer wish to get rid of insects:)!

Hello my name is Griffin Kehler. I am a freshman at UNL and majoring in business management. I am also on the men's gymnastics team at Nebraska and apart of the US National Team. Gymnastics has been my entire life and it is the reason why I ended up at Nebraska.

I took this class to fulfill my ACE requirement but was very excited to take it because I have always been amazed by insects. I was always the kid who would collect lady bugs and go out catching lightning bugs and caterpillars. All the information I have learned has been mind blowing. I never knew how much detail went into the biology of insects and how similar they can be to humans. All of the interesting facts and concepts I will take away from this class are very interesting. Everyone usually is scared of insects and never really care about insects but the world of insects is so crazy that I regret not taking this class earlier. I would strongly recommend this class to other student if they want a fun and interesting class to take.

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My name is Mackenzie and I am currently finishing up my junior year at UNL. My major is Human Development and Family Science with a minor in Sociology and Psychology. I took this course to fulfill my ACE requirement. I chose Entomology because I had taken Chemistry and Biology in the past and knew that it was nothing that I had any interest in. I knew nothing about Entomology before I started this course, and it has been pleasantly interesting!

When I was a little girl I loved playing outside in the dirt, I especially loved collecting "roly polys." I have been amazed throughout this entire semester with how much information I have learned. I did not know what to expect from the class, but I did not expect to know the physiology of an insect nor be able to classify the scientific name of a butterfly. I plan to work with children in the future and I think it would be great to implement this information into a curriculum. I have been overly pleased with this course and would recommend it to any UNL student looking for a science course.

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Hi everyone! My name is Olivia and I am currently a freshman here at Nebraska. My major is in Elementary Education so I took this class to cover an ACE requirement but also for a long time I have hated all bugs in general so I was hoping that by taking this class I could maybe conquer a few of my fears. So far it isn't going too bad, the whole cockroach was a challenge for sure but I was able to get over the grossness factor and the thought of it escaping in my room and terrorizing me at night. Now this way, maybe when I'm a teacher in the future I'll be able to face a bug that gets into the classroom and let it go outside instead of running away screaming. 

So far my favorite part of Entomology has been learning about the different metamorphosis of each different insects. I just think it is so cool how some bugs just stay the same but get bigger and others completely change like a caterpillar to a butterfly. The fact that something can completely changing into something else is so amazing to me.  I am just glad that I have grown to actually enjoy this class and not just think of it as mandatory for an ACE class. Makes it a lot more fun to take.