"...The best place for an invertebrate zoology class is by the ocean, where the students can observe live organisms in their natural environment rather than pickled specimens." --DCC '91

"...an opportunity to learn about something in the classroom... and then see it firsthand in the field that very same day." --MCO '91

"...facts I tried to memorize in the lecture came alive in the afternoon, on the mud flat or intertidal zone." --JMW '89

"...a unique situation because everyone in our group was taking the exact same classes so we studied as a group for the reviews... Because Dr. Grant taught all of our classes, he was able to space out all of the major projects and reviews." --KLK '91

"Because of my Beaufort experience, I entered graduate school already knowing the 'ropes' of research: from preliminary to detailed library research, from standardizing techniques to writing proposals, reports, and papers—a nice advantage." --MCC '79

"This experience acted as a springboard into graduate school where I received a masters degree in microbiology. I plan to go into academic medicine and hopefully be as noble a professor as my first role model, D.C. Grant, who interested me in teaching, as only he could." --LOM '85

"I learned more about applied biological techniques with the Beaufort Program than I have learned from any other combination of Biology courses at Davidson." --KEJ '95

" . . . David Grant at Beaufort . . ., mud-splattered feet marching across a mudflat and genuine excitement about polychaetes and gastopods. He was extremely helpful in guiding research by asking questions—instead of simply telling answers. He is a good encourager, friendly,
available . . ." --MCC '79

"There is something about working together knee-deep in mud, looking for worms, that creates a bond unlike any other learning experience." --MCO '91

"Beaufort is an excellent venue for Dr. Grant's teaching style. To continual questions of 'What's this?' he could not only answer class, order, family, and genus, but also elaborate on the natural history of the creature in question." --MTS '83

" . . . the prototype of the perfect Davidson professor . . . unlike any teacher or professor I had previously encountered. His enthusiasm for his subject matter, as well as for life itself, showed me what it was like to be truly content in one's place in life." --LOM '85

"Dr. Grant possesses a child's curiosity and fascination with all living things. His strength is his ability to take educating beyond the dull dispensing of facts and on to the excitement of discovery, comprehension, analysis, and application." --DDW '89

"Few professors would be willing to eat. breathe, and sleep with 18 students for an entire semester. Beaufort provided a unique opportunity to work with a professor in his field of interest and expertise and share in his enthusiasm for his work." --MCO '91

" . . . by the end of the program we can rattle off scientific names for organisms on sight . . . It's very exciting when you're SCUBA diving to see things and know what they are and how they work." --NPW '93