Marine biology specifically is “one of the exceptions [in the STEM field] where there is a very strong female presence.which is awesome, you feel so empowered,” said marine biology major Emmalee Moore, a junior from Seward, Alaska.
Club President Kip Bowser said the goal of the new Western Country Club is to help immerse students into western culture through dancing, eating western-style foods and watching western-themed films. He added club members will also be participating in Culture Night performing line and swing dancing.
In her work as a part-time groundskeeper at the Laie Hawaii Temple, Cayden Mai Eliason, a junior marine biology major from South Dakota, said she feels a sense of spiritual fulfillment as she seeks to create a clean, beautiful environment that resembles the Garden of Eden.