- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Published on: October 16, 2016
Faculty and graduate students with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology--and others associated with an ENT/NEM lab--got together for a retreat, held Friday, Oct. 14 through Sunday, Oct. 16 at Sagehen Creek Field Station in Truckee.
Doctoral candidate (and photographer) Sandy Olkowski shared some of her photos of the activities, including insect collecting and dinner preparation. She also took a photo of deer at the campsite.
The participants got to know one another and also enjoyed the natural areas around the field station.
Sagehen Creek Field Station in Truckee is approximately 2 hours from Davis. It also the site of Professor Phil Ward's popular "Bug Boot Camp."
![Ant specialist/professor Phil Ward (left)and students explore a fallen tree during the faculty/student retreat. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski) Ant specialist/professor Phil Ward (left)and students explore a fallen tree during the faculty/student retreat. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/entomology/blogfiles/39470.jpg)
Ant specialist/professor Phil Ward (left)and students explore a fallen tree during the faculty/student retreat. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)
![PhD student Jackson Audley (at right, wearing a black hoodie) gives an impromptu hands-on presentation about wood-boring beetles. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski) PhD student Jackson Audley (at right, wearing a black hoodie) gives an impromptu hands-on presentation about wood-boring beetles. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/entomology/blogfiles/39471.jpg)
PhD student Jackson Audley (at right, wearing a black hoodie) gives an impromptu hands-on presentation about wood-boring beetles. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)
![Brendon Boudinot, president of the UC Davis Graduate Students' Association, shows how to collect ants. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski) Brendon Boudinot, president of the UC Davis Graduate Students' Association, shows how to collect ants. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/entomology/blogfiles/39473.jpg)
Brendon Boudinot, president of the UC Davis Graduate Students' Association, shows how to collect ants. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)
![First-year PhD students caught in action at the beginning of Friday's chili cook-off. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski) First-year PhD students caught in action at the beginning of Friday's chili cook-off. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/entomology/blogfiles/39474.jpg)
First-year PhD students caught in action at the beginning of Friday's chili cook-off. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)
![Oh, deer! Deer showed up at the Sagehen Creek Field Station campsite. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski) Oh, deer! Deer showed up at the Sagehen Creek Field Station campsite. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/entomology/blogfiles/39475.jpg)
Oh, deer! Deer showed up at the Sagehen Creek Field Station campsite. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)
Tags: Brendon Boudinot (27), Jackson Audley (6), Phil Ward (22), Sagehen Creek Field Station (1), Sandy Olkowski (4), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (540)
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