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BE A STAR Night (Biosystems Engineering and Agricultural Science, Technology, and Applied Research Night)

BE A STAR Night (Biosystems Engineering and Agricultural Science, Technology, and Applied Research Night)

Year: 2023
Project Leader: Tanya Dvorak, Karla Ladino, Gary Lopez
Department/Program: Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Funding: $1,000

In March of 2022, the first BE A STAR (BAS) Night was held in Garrard County; the event was coordinated with the local 4-H Youth Development Program Agent. Attendees were given a "passport" which was signed off by volunteers after students completed a booth. A total of 8 BAE Department-focused booths, led by BAE graduate students and Dr. Tanya Dvorak, were created for the first iteration of the BAS event. Students with completed passports were entered in a drawing for a UK BAE prize bag. Future BAS Night event booths will focus on the same or similar topics, dependent on the availability of graduate student leadership to help plan and coordinate. This project will result in the creation of support materials and procedures to allow BAS Night to be perpetuated by the leadership of BAEGLS (Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Graduate League of Students) and Alpha Epsilon Kentucky Omega Chapter (honor society group of the BAE Department). 

Contact Information

Dr. Nancy Cox, Ph.D.
Dean

S123 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4772