Mid Coast Today

Tiffany recently took the Animal Comparative Physiology course at Unity College with Professor Anoosh Rakhsh.

"I have been living in and working for the City of Warren, Michigan, for 7+ years. I have always wanted to get a degree that allowed me to work with marine animals; but due to my location, I was unable to find a program that allowed me to explore that interest. Luckily, I came across Unity College and decided to look into their programs. Unity College was a perfect fit for me.

I originally applied for the B.S. in Marine Biology, but after taking my first course at Unity, I changed my major. During that class, we had to create a LinkedIn profile and connect with at least 5 people. I found a marine mammal vet and marine mammal care specialist that I connected with. After speaking with them, I decided it was best to change my degree to Animal Health and Behavior.

If it were not for this class at Unity, I would have never applied for or been accepted into an Animal Behaviorist Internship at Island Dolphin Care (IDC) in Key Largo, Florida. At IDC, I assisted in the daily health care and training of 8 Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins.

In my opinion, what makes the course a positive or negative experience is the teacher. Professor Anoosh Rakhshandeh was very responsive to any questions that were asked. The professor also gave excellent feedback on each assignment and allowed me to correct any mistakes before the final grade. I ended up learning more this way.

I have learned so much from Unity. In my years as a student, no other school has taught me the valuable information that I have learned here. This school really made it worth my while because they didn't just teach you information that would never be used again." 

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