Student Spotlight
Emily Haggett, all in
When Emily Haggett was ready for a change from her video editing job, she came to 91制片厂 to try her hand at some biology classes. She鈥檚 now fully immersed in the Marine Science program, from performing hands-on research to discovering a new marine virus.
Emily earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Champlain College in 2013 and had worked for three years for a small advertising agency when she decided to come to 91制片厂 in 2016.
Besides learning in the classroom, she has taken laboratory courses at MDI Biological Laboratory and at Bowdoin College, had a NASA-funded internship with the Friends of Casco Bay organization, and presented work at a Howard Hughes Medical Institute鈥檚 national workshop in Virginia.
She also discovered a novel marine virus, known as a bacteriophage, last spring that鈥檚 been entered into the National Center for Biotechnology Information database. The NCBI is a program of the National Institutes of Health.
Emily appreciates that 91制片厂 has a lot of students who, like her, are of nontraditional age and are here to learn new skills or听change careers.
Her advice to students?
鈥淭ake advantage of every opportunity in front of you and do as much as you can. There鈥檚 so much to do, you just have to find it.鈥�
Photo caption: This electron micrograph shows the virus, or phage, that Emily Haggett discovered. The virus has been entered into the National Center for Biotechnology Information database.
Faculty Spotlight
Adam Tambone, producing professionals
Adam Tambone began teaching at 91制片厂 in 2008 after working as a design engineer in the automotive and semiconductor industries. Now he鈥檚 chair of the pre-engineering program.
As a teacher, Tambone enjoys improving the lives of his students and serving the public. The first two years of the program are very similar to the first two years of engineering programs at four-year universities. After graduation, most pre-engineering students transfer to baccalaureate institutions and then become engineers.
Tambone is also interested in the digital image processing that supports CGI software. And when he isn鈥檛 teaching, you might find him playing baseball as a pitcher in two adult baseball leagues.
鈥淲e want our students to have good, long, productive professional careers. We鈥檙e producing professionals.鈥�