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    Name: Holly McLaughlin

    Hometown/State: Belmont, MA

    Current location: Marshfield, MA

    Class: 3/c class of 2012

    Major/minor: Marine Safety Environmental Protection

    Leadership Roles on campus:

    MMA Sports and Clubs: Softball, Boxing Club

    Countries visited:

    Current Job: Beach Supervisor and Lifeguard (summer)

    3 words to describe MMA: Regimented, Focused, Leadership

    Fun fact about yourself: I have gone skydiving.

    Name 1 unique learning experience or outcome during your time at MMA:

    I never thought that I would change and clean a duplex fuel oil strainer in the engine room of a ship.

    Name: Adely H. Castaneda

    Hometown/State: South Bay, Florida

    Current location: Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

    Class: 4/c class of 2013

    Major/minor: International Business

    Leadership Roles on campus: N/A

    MMA Sports and Clubs: Soccer, Multicultural Club

    Countries visited: Honduras

    3 words to describe MMA: Challenging, Rewarding, and Unique

    Fun fact about yourself: I speak fluent Spanish.

    Name 1 unique learning experience or outcome during your time at MMA:

    Everything at MMA has been a new experience for me since day 1. The one thing that stands out the most is learning about the T.S Kennedy, the lifeboats and survival skills. I have learned the importance of paying attention to detail and life skills that I will carry with me always.

    Name: Cali Longtin

    Hometown/State: Feeding Hills, Massachusetts

    Current location: at this exact moment somewhere in the ocean. Around 1400 today I was in Tortola, British Virgin Island

    Class: 2009

    Major/minor: Marine Safety and Environmental Protection

    Leadership Roles on campus: 5th Company Executive Officer, Student Advisory Committee, Student Athletic Advisory Committee, Vice President Multicultural Club

    MMA Sports and Clubs: What didn’t I play! Women’s Soccer, Softball, volleyball, sailing

    Countries visited: Spain, Italy, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, St. Kitts, St Maarten, Aruba, Barbados, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Canada, Bermuda, Curacao, Grand Cayman and Mexico

    Current Job: Environmental Officer onboard Royal Caribbean Internationals Grandeur of the Seas www.royalcaribbean.com

    Internships/Coops: Health, Safety, and Environmental Intern, Vane Brothers Company, Baltimore, Maryland

    3 words to describe MMA: Difficult, yet wonderful

    Fun fact about yourself: I am pretty good at making people laugh

    Name one unique learning experience or outcome during your time at MMA: I had a few unique learning experiences while at MMA. The experience that stands out the most was going on 2 Sea Terms and being one of the few who crossed the Atlantic to the Mediterranean on the T.S Enterprise.

    Name: Megan Campbell

    Hometown/State: East Dummerston, Vermont

    Current location: Washington D.C.

    Class: 2005

    Major/minor: MSEP

    Leadership Roles on campus: Squad Leader, 5th Co. Training and Retention Officer, MSEP Training Rate, Women’s Crew Team Captain

    MMA Sports and Clubs: Women’s Crew

    Countries visited: Martinique, British Virgin Islands, Italy, Canada, and Mexico

    Current Job: Attorney, Extended Continental Shelf Task Force Fellow, Office of Oceans and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State. http://continentalshelf.gov/

    Internships/Coops: U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Honolulu HI; U.S. Geological Survey Anadromous Fish Research Lab, Turners Falls, MA; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK; National Wildlife Federation, Anchorage AK; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington D.C.; Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Waterbury, VT; Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, South Royalton, VT.

    3 words to describe MMA: Unique, Adventurous, Hands-on

    Fun fact about yourself: My favorite time of year is Spring in Vermont, when my friends and I tap the Sugar Maple trees and boil sap to make real maple syrup.

    Name 1 unique learning experience or outcome during your time at MMA: The Environmental Monitoring class in the MSEP program taught me (among other things) that a hands-on learning experience is far more valuable than any text book.

    last updated 7-23-10