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whales spyhopping, lobbing, breaching
and fluking, the day's heavy rain and high
winds blew the sea swells higher than
usual. Many of us were seasick and we
were all soaking wet, so we agreed it was
time to head for shore.
The next day, we went whale watch
ing aboard the Sea View, a comfortable
40-foot vessel with a protective canopy.
We again saw seals, porpoises and a few
whales. What made this excursion excep
tional was the crew's scuba diver, Jen, and
her underwater camera. We were able to
watch Jen on a video monitor as she
pointed out assorted species of marine life
on the ocean floor. She gently filled a
mesh bag with sea crabs, urchins, starfish,
cucumbers and scallops. On deck, we
examined the specimens Jen retrieved in a
tub of water for a few minutes before we
returned them to the sea.
Our final day of whale watching pro
duced fabulous results. We were aboard a
large schooner and the sky was bright as
we headed for the colder, rougher seas the
whales frequent. The day was a photogra
pher's dream. For several minutes, there
were finback whales everywhere. It
seemed like groups of whales were per
forming a choreographed show for us
spouting and diving all around the sail
boat before we headed back to shore.
A lecture we attended along the wharf
highlighted the importance of protecting
the area's natural resources. A 13th-gener-
Students ventured into the Bay of Fundy hoping to spot kayaking around the north
whales and other marine life. em end of the island. We got
a final, closer look at the
fishing weirs, salmon pens, geological
formations, bald eagles and other sea
ation Passamaguoddy Indian presented
the lecture and explained how the native
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and Behrend campuses. To visit the site,
students can go to www.career.sa.psu.edu
and enter their personal student number in
the "User ID" field. The default password
is "password." Once in, students can view
jobs, companies and coming events.
Each week between Friday at 8 a.m.
through Tuesday at 8 a.m., the CMS on
campus recruiting calendar shows which
employers will be coming to campus in
four weeks. For a $lO fee, students can
post their resume and request interviews.
However, the system is unforgiving stu
dents who miss the Tuesday deadline can
not request an interview with those recruiters.
To register for this service, go to "My Job
Search" on the Career Management System site
and click "Self-Registration."
The PSH-specific College Central
Network is a free service offering infor
mation about employers and job availabil
ities that have been submitted directly to
the Harrisburg campus. The site, which
replaces the old TeSS system, has links to
dozens of employers, local and national
fisherman have provided
for their families from the
island's assets for many
years. But as the economic
climate and local politics of
the island have changed, so
have the fisheries and the
fishing industry. One of the
island's economic main
stays continues to be the
herring caught in nets at
sea and in weirs along the
shoreline. (Weirs are wood
en poles driven into the sea
floor and hung with nets to
trap schools of fish swim
ming along the shoreline.)
Lobsters are one of the
bay's most prevalent catch
es, but pollock, haddock,
halibut, clams, scallops and
periwinkles are important
to the local fishing industry
as well. Floating pens used
by commerical fisherman
to raise salmon fingerlings
for the restaurant market
were recently introduced
around Grand Manan.
Our class's last excur-
sion was the sunset sea-
job-search engines, and resume and
cover letter tips. This site can be found at
www.hbg.psu.edu/careers. Click on
"Employment Opportunities - CCN" and fol
low the instructions. When prompted to enter
the school name, type 'Penn State Harrisburg."
According to Karl Martz, career ser
vices coordinator, "At no other time in
your career are you going to have such
easy access to employers and employ
ment opportunities."
Martz stresses the importance of uti
lizing all of the resources available
through Career Services, such as the 48-
hour resume critique, workshops, and
internship fairs and events. The Career
Services Library has several helpful
guides including some on salary surveys.
The office, located in Olmsted Wll7, is
open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to
8 p.m., and Friday from 8 am. to 5 p.m. For
more information visit the Career Services web
site at www.hbg.psu.edu/careers, or call
(717) 948-6260.
birds of the island. The week was over too
quickly. It was time to head home and to
the confines of indoor classrooms. Our
stay on the island ended as it had begun,
with an afternoon briefing by the light
house, followed by a delicious lobster
dinner.
I highly recommend this course and
other travel opportunities as a creative
way to compliment your Penn State edu
cation. Mike Bemarsky has previously
taught courses for Penn State Harrisburg
on Appalachian and Pocono Mountain
ecology, the alpine ecosystems of Glacier
National Park, the coastal estuary of the
Chesapeake Bay, and the coral reefs of
Bermuda. I think Mike Bemarsky is a fan
tastic instructor; look for his courses
under EDU46O.
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