Colloquium - IDS 3920

 Through our walk around campus, I truly learned a lot about my university's sustainability efforts and a lot of the things I walk by every day without thinking much about. I found it interesting that there were so many areas where you can see civilization and nature meet. I also found the simpler sustainability efforts very interesting, such as the rocks along pathways, which capture rainwater and mitigate erosion. I see these rocks every day as I walk through campus and was thrilled to finally know their purpose. I was also fascinated to learn more about the more obvious sustainability efforts, such as our recycling bins, which have been a major contributor in ensuring that a lot of FGCU's waste does not enter landfills. I was also proud of my University for having a LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, platinum-certified building. I have also walked past this certification without much thought, but now that I know what it means, I can be proud to say that my ...

 My name is Matthew Magrone, and I am currently between my Junior and Senior years in college. I am a dual major in both Accounting as well as Analytics and Informatics with a concentration in Data Analytics, who is expected to graduate in the Spring of 2026. I did have some major preconceptions about this course as I expected it to be all about the environment and never really looked into the course as the environment, despite being something I do care about and have made efforts to get involved with in the past, has never been something of extreme interest to me. As far as my sense of place, I always assumed it was something that referred to one's role in society or if you were to think of a person as a puzzle piece, where exactly they fit in. As I learned more about the concept I thought about the location where I felt the most at peace, my room and I didn't think my sense of place would share many similarities to those of my teammates as I thought of them as extremely extro...