School of Marine Sciences

Grad Update July 2017 - Andre Bucci

Time Management Workshop – June 13th 2017

On June 13th, the Marine Science Professional Development Club hosted a Time Management Workshop aimed to help graduate students and researchers on the beginning of their career to better organize their time and have a more effective outcome at work. The workshop was conducted by the Director of Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine, Paul Anderson, with a lecture entitled ‘Getting to the Articulated Yes and the Creative No’. Among the topics of the talk, were: how to decide whether enroll in a new project or not; how to become an effective person; logic modeling and different types of strategic planning.

Before joining Sea Grant in 1999, Paul spent 10 years at the Maine Department of Marine Resources, first as chief microbiologist and then as director of the Public Health Division, where he was involved in all aspects of seafood safety and environmental monitoring. In December 2013 he was named director of the Aquaculture Research Institute at the University of Maine. Paul Anderson has an extensive background in projects management, therefore allowing him to produce an amazing lecture about time management.

A total of 14 graduate students attended the workshop, ranging from students at the beginning of their Master or PhD program, while several students were about to defend their thesis. Among the presents, there were graduate students from the School of Marine Sciences and also from the Mathematics, Aquaculture and Forestry departments.

World Oceans Day – June 8th 2017

On June 8th 2017 we celebrated the World Oceans Day with an amazing Ocean themed Trivia Night at the Family Dog. We had 5 teams playing and summing up a total of 15 players. We were glad to have families playing with their kids, participants of all ages and also our graduate students of the School of Marine Sciences.

First and second places went to SMS grad students teams with 33 and 32 points respectively. They won a $25 Family Dog gift card each team. The third place went to a local family playing with their daughter. They rocked with a great sum of 31 points and won a nice ocean framed puzzle.

The School of Marine Sciences Club had a blast organizing this event to celebrate the importance of the oceans in our lives. Educational flyers were distributed to everyone present and with this, we hope to increase the awareness of the oceans and inspire more involvement of people to preserve the oceans!