It's May term at UTK & I'm teaching Public Health Entomology

We set out mosquito traps along the Greenway yesterday & picked them up today- yep those are skeeters.

VectorEd Network's
@utknoxville.bsky.social

#SunsOutVectorsOut

Look who is right there in the middle!
#MEGABITESS educator & middle school educator of the year (for Knox county) Mrs Butterfield from Bearden Middle School!
Congrats!

If you work with undergraduate students, please forward
(1) Public Health Entomology Training at the Univ of Tennessee via CDC funded VectorEd Network's Student Training Network
Students @ Tenn will work w/ agencies on La Crosse virus and other vector-borne diseases.
@vectorednetwork.bsky.social

We did it! Just like many talks, as we went up, there was a hole (yep a hole in the balloon!).
But we did it, "still fly ready"
Not as scary as I thought
Glad I did it
And met more entomologists through our shared experiences
#EntSoc24 @machtingerlab.bsky.social

I feel connected to the @EntsocAmerica students giving their first talk this morning.
Yeah, it's scary, but it'll be ok
It'll be ok
W @MachtingerLab
#EntSoc24

Started the morning w/ my #Valentine & gave blood
Why do we give?
Extra months w my mom
Extra wks w my dad
Extra wks w his bro
My nieces & newphews still have their mom
For 3 people we may or may not know & their family, friends, & community
#snacksforbreakfast
#giveblood

I've been going nonstop, to the point I was getting stress sick

Broken plane kept me in knoxville yesterday, so today...
I sorted mosquitoes at work and coins after dinner

Yes, I listened to my favorite podcasts and checked 2 boxes that were not a priority

We lost a Hackberry tree about 2 years ago...
Our Christmas Elm will take its place
Super excited about it

Note, there was solid discussion about persimmon, plum, redbud, and dogwood - but the elm won

#HappyHolidays