We often say that there is no 'typical' day at Williams-Mystic. Indeed, one day our students may take in the crashing surf of the Pacific Northwest and the next be in Mystic taking a boat out for an afternoon sail. Maritime History may meet on the deck of a fishing schooner one day, and the next day, Marine Policy class meets onboard a fishing trawler to examine bycatch and discuss timely issues in fisheries policy. Here are a few things a student may encounter in a weekday in Mystic.
8:30-9:45 |
Marine Ecology lecture on Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity in the Sea |
10:30-11:45 |
Maritime History meets, below decks on the fishing schooner L.A. Dunton on Mystic Seaport's waterfront. |
12:00 |
All home for lunch...PB&J or leftover macaroni and cheese? |
1:30 |
Maritime Skills |
...or |
Marine Science Field Lab |
...or |
Work on your literature paper, meet a faculty member to get help with a lab write-up or examine rare 19th-century documents for your history research project. |
5:00 |
A game of Ultimate Frisbee (with a Williams-Mystic frisbee, of course), a run along the river reading out on your porch—or maybe tonight you're on for dinner duty. |
6:00 |
Dinnertime...Chicken, wild rice and home-baked bread or spaghetti again! Tomorrow night we have a faculty member coming—maybe we should try fondue! |
7:00 |
Dinner clean-up…who started the water fight? |
7:30 |
Off to the library to study, meet with your science partner in the lab or maybe just watch a movie—Master and Commander or The Perfect Storm, anyone? |
11:30 |
Take a walk by the tall ships before going home...to make chocolate-chip cookies, sit up late and talk with housemates, do some last-minute editing on that paper or just fall into bed! |
