Katie Chrisman, University College freshman and Lauren Auer, University College freshman work the Women's Outreach Center booth in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Chrisman and Auer are a part of the planning committee for breast cancer awareness month.

Pink Phenomenon

October is national breast cancer awareness month and there will be multiple events set up in an effort to educate students on breast cancer and to make them more aware of the disease.

The Women's Outreach Center will put on events such as t-shirt decorating, hosting cancer survivors to speak to students and setting up health huts where students can drop by to get information about breast cancer.

"I think [breast cancer awareness month] is really important in order to raise awareness in our students and to make [breast cancer] more of a dominant thought," said Elizabeth Hart, Komen graduate assistant for the Women's Outreach Center.

The 16th annual Race for the Cure, which is always regarded as the main event during the month, happens next Saturday. The Women's Outreach Center has 40 people signed up to walk with them, this is the largest amount of members in their team's history.

Click Here to see more images: