Campus Safrai

      

         For this week’s campus safari I decided to write about #19 which was regarding the Major’s Expo I attended on October 10 in the Adanti Student Center. When I first got to the event I walked around not really finding anything. Then I came to the marine science and environmental studies table. I met with Professor Tait, and he explained all about these two minors and how I can major in them if I choose to do liberal studies.  I then told him that marine science is not really what I was looking for but rather biological oceanography. His face lit up the second I said that. We then talked for about an hour all about that major. He told me he was going through exactly what I was at this time in my life. He said he wanted to find a major that could provide him with a job but then years later he decided to live his dream and become an oceanographer. He told me that being an oceanographer is worth it in the end, and that you should always do what you want in life because you don’t want to look back on something that you missed out on. I told him that the ocean has always been something important to me and to work with the marine life would be a dream of mine, and he told me to go for it. He said he could even write me recommendations to pursue this major after four years here, and go to school in California and work with dolphins. (Dolphins are my favorite mammal). Overall, Professor Tait helped me a lot. He gave me some hope that biological oceanography is something I can pursue. He told me not to be afraid but to just go for it. I plan to stay in contact with him through my schooling here at Southern so he can help me figure some things out. Below is a picture of one of the projects in the marine studies minor, and backgorund information on the Center for Coastal and Marine Studies itself.