Hello Everyone!!
My name is Taylor Fullard and I am a last-semester senior here at Florida Gulf Coast University. I major in management with a concentration in sports. Due to my concentration, it is not hard to tell that I have a profound love for all sports but especially basketball. I have played basketball almost all of my life and have found peace in what it brings me. Other than basketball, my others hobbies consist of traveling, working out in the gym, and shopping for fashion. I believe in the concept that if you look good, you'll feel good.
When it comes to this University Colloquium course, at first I thought it was just about us learning about the climate change in the world and how it effects us. However, this is not a science class instead it is a class focused on FGCU and what concept it values most (environmental sustainability). The fact that the university was built on the region that is considered to be the Everglades, it is important that they take care of the nature and wildlife there. Therefore, it is important for the students to also know how essential it is so that they take care of all of our home. In comparison to all of my other peers in my group, they though the same thing. One main difference between me and the others however, was that they actually had friends that took the class already so they a little bit more insight than me.
Now that I know what the class is all about, I really look forward to learning more about the nature and how big of an impact it has on our school. I am interested because I do a lot of traveling both in the country and outside the country. When I travel, I like to reconnect with that country or state culture and nature. For example. in the pictures below you will see me outside connecting with the world in the countries of Costa Rica and Dominican Republic. Just like how I learn to connect with the cultural traditions of other countries, I had to learn to do the same with FGCU.
I think this class would be great in helping explain what sense of place mean to someone. Sense of place to me is not just a location that makes you feel at home but it could also be people. It is a place where you feel attached and a place of self-identity. For me, my sense of place is the hometown I grow up in called Pompano Beach located in Broward County Florida. I stayed in that city my entire life so much of what I learn about in life came from there. My parents recently move to Georgia so I thought my sense of place and home feeling would be broken. However, I realize that by being around my hometown friends and family still make me feel at home.
I hope to connect with the environment and learn more about my school in this course. My major is management so I would hope to learn how to better manage and maintain a healthier lifestyle both internally and externally.
