Virgin Islands January 2011

Imagine sitting out on a dock, in what is practically your own private pier, surrounded by pristine water, the moonlight, and the sound of waves crashing around you. Now include 16 fantastic people who are accompanying you in this unbelievable setting, some of them dancing, others just relaxing.

This doesn’t sound like a typical experience for CSI students, but 16 of us, well, 14 if you don’t include faculty, recently had this experience for 11 nights on the island of St. John in the Virgin Islands. Not only were we having a great time, learning about the tropics, but we were getting Biology credits for being there. Particularly, the course was Biology 504, Introduction to Tropical Ecology, taught by Dr. Lisa Manne.