The purpose of this organization is to provide an avenue for graduate students in the Department of Entomology to build lasting relationships and to prepare for a career in entomology. Involvement in EGO will present graduate students with opportunities to learn leadership, mentoring, team-building, outreach/extension, and technical skills that will be useful for a future in entomology and other related sciences. Students will also interact and collaborate with students and faculty members in the Department of Entomology and other departments at Purdue and colleagues from other universities both to learn from them and to serve the department and its members.