{"id":2251,"date":"2016-08-24T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/ten-years-tracking-turtles-in-belize\/"},"modified":"2016-08-24T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T16:06:00","slug":"ten-years-tracking-turtles-in-belize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/ten-years-tracking-turtles-in-belize\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years Tracking Turtles in Belize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After a decade of traveling to Gales Point, Belize, to study endangered hawksbill sea turtles, <a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/Home\/Contact-Us\/Directory?profileid=153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Todd Rimkus<\/a>, professor of biology and physical sciences, said the work is not only fulfilling for him as a researcher but more importantly, also makes a difference in the lives of his students <i>and<\/i> the residents of the small village where they stay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0All told, 125 MU students have gone on the three-week summer trips, part of a four-credit marine biology and tropical ecology course which includes observing and tagging turtles with GPS satellite tracking devices at Gales Point Wildlife Sanctuary. During the academic year back at Marymount, students help Rimkus with data collection and analysis that predict areas with the highest use for feeding and resting by the critically endangered turtles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0But students learn more than science.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0In 2008, Rimkus started Hawksbill Hope, a nonprofit that provides support to the turtle tracking program, paying for supplies and the wages of local people who monitor the nesting beaches. Hawksbill Hope has also supported school lunch programs, along with clothing, shoe and food drives for the people of Gales Point. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u0093The villagers have the simplest lifestyle you\u0092ll ever see and they\u0092re the happiest people you\u0092ll ever meet,\u0094 said Rimkus. \u0093One thing I hear over and over from students is the recognition that their own lives could be a little simpler and that they can do more for people who have less. If I can get students to think that, not only am I doing my job teaching that course, I\u0092m contributing something to humanity.\u0094<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a decade of traveling to Gales Point, Belize, to study endangered hawksbill sea turtles, Dr. Todd Rimkus, professor of biology and physical sciences, said the work is not only fulfilling for him as a researcher but more importantly, also makes a difference in the lives of his students and the residents of the small [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/ten-years-tracking-turtles-in-belize\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ten Years Tracking Turtles in Belize - Marymount University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After a decade of traveling to Gales Point, Belize, to study endangered hawksbill sea turtles, Dr. Todd Rimkus, professor of biology and physical . 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