"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" - Aristotle The dive team at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium certainly makes excellence look easy! Behind the scenes, Assistant Dive Safety Officer Adam Schare explains that, in reality, it takes diligent training, planning, and passion to keep their 55-person dive team going safe and strong! Cheers to the PDZA staff and volunteer divers for this great video submission celebrating National Science Diving Week! 🎉 #aausn

Can you believe we're already halfway through National Science Diving Week?! Thank you Natalie Aldridge from Old Dominion University for this submission! Natalie is currently an intern for Reef Renewal USA, but also runs the ODU science diving instagram. #AAUS #AAUSNationalScienceDivingWeek #scientificdiving #scubadiving #scuba #underwaterresearch | American Academy of Underwater Sciences | Facebook

"The Boston University Scientific Diving Program is small but mighty!" says BU DSO Lizzie McNamee. Scientific Diving Graduate Teaching Fellow, and PhD Candidate, Morgan Bennett-Smith introduces us to the Marine Science Program, the wonders of New England Diving, and shows us how an AAUS Scientific Diving course can give students both hard and soft skills that prepare them for a future career in Marine Science! | American Academy of Underwater Sciences | Facebook

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"I get to do everything I love" 💙 🌊 Wave hello to Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium employee, Jackie Keleher! Jackie is one of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium's Dive Program Aides. She joined the team as a volunteer in May of 2022, then quickly joined the team as an employee in August. Jackie came to PDZA with a few years of previous scientific diving experience from her undergraduate degrees and working on her master’s degree studying marine sponge resource partitioning. On any given day, Jackie

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