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Maier gives presentation to Texas Master Naturalist trainees

On October 1,  Camelia Maier, PhD, gave a presentation to trainees of the Texas Master Naturalist Elm Fork Chapter about native plants and pollinators in the north Texas, using The Bettye Myers Butterfly Garden as a model to discuss on sustainability and environmental issues.

TWU celebrates Texas Wildflower Day

Texas Woman's University celebrated Texas Wildflower Day at the Ann Stuart Science Complex and the Dr. Bettye Myers Butterfly Garden.

Women in STEM Leadership host watercolor painting at Butterfly Garden

The Women in STEM Leadership hosted watercolor painting in the Dr. Bettye Meyers Butterfly Garden. The event was sponsored by the School of the Sciences. Sheli Petersen of the division of Visual Arts provided paint and color-theory lessons, and Karlee Collins, Jasper Lee, ToQuyen Nguyen, Helena Song and Britney Bennett of the Student Association of Music Therapy played background music.

TWU student photo contest

The Women in STEM Leadership hosted a student photography contest involving photos of the Butterfly Garden. Nine entries were submitted, and the winners were:

  • First place: Sebastian Perez
  • Second place: Md Shabab Mehebub
  • Third place: Tessa Nester

TWU inaugurates Jeff Robb Outdoor Classroom

Texas Woman's University celebrated one of the people most responsible for TWU's butterfly garden when it held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the Jeff Robb Outdoor Classroom. The outdoor classroom is named in honor of Jeff Robb, TWU legal studies professor, lifetime lepidopterist and initiator of the butterfly garden. Robb passed away in 2017.