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Late last week my Master's degree in Climate Change and Policy arrived from Wellington University, New Zealand. On the same day, I attended a founding event of the Melbourne Murdoch University Alumni Network at Riverland Bar Vaults, a superb evening to meet and catch up with from where I received my first (and fourth) degrees. Murdoch University was profoundly influential on me with its advanced educational objectives. There, I became the Education Vice-President of the Student Guild for three terms and I founded the science fiction and gaming club MARS (Murdoch Alternative Reality Society), which ran for over twenty years. I even formed a friendship with the Vice-Chancellor, who has some kind words to say about me. A real joy of the evening was catching up with a contemporary, Thomas Sounness, and we could wax lyrical about our well-spent youth. Another surprise was the University's 50th-anniversary video where I make a short appearance at the 0.39-second mark, I suspect that's probably taken around 1990.
The Master's is degree number 8, and my fourth master's. I have now also enrolled in a Doctoral degree at Euclid University, a United Nationals Treaty university based in the Central African Republic, with a special emphasis on developing countries. No, this does not mean I am moving to Africa, at least not for the foreseeable future. But it does seem to the institution that is the right fit for where my interests lie; a combination of climate change science, the calculation of the economic impacts and responsibility of greenhouse gas emissions, the implementation in international law for such responsibilities, and the use of adaptive technologies to protect lives and the environment. Hopefully, I'll get some prior credits for previous studies and will be able to finish this degree sooner rather than later.
The Master's is degree number 8, and my fourth master's. I have now also enrolled in a Doctoral degree at Euclid University, a United Nationals Treaty university based in the Central African Republic, with a special emphasis on developing countries. No, this does not mean I am moving to Africa, at least not for the foreseeable future. But it does seem to the institution that is the right fit for where my interests lie; a combination of climate change science, the calculation of the economic impacts and responsibility of greenhouse gas emissions, the implementation in international law for such responsibilities, and the use of adaptive technologies to protect lives and the environment. Hopefully, I'll get some prior credits for previous studies and will be able to finish this degree sooner rather than later.
