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Story by Rachel Williams, UCF Today<\/em><\/p>\n

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In honor of National Inspire Your Heart with Art Day on Jan. 31, five University of Central Florida faculty members share how they use their offices to display their own variants of art \u2013 handmade masks, paintings, even skeletons \u2013 to inspire themselves, students and coworkers to continue learning.<\/p>\n

One of the professors featured is Graham Worthy<\/a>, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biology at UCF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Graham Worthy\u2019s office is like a minimuseum for marine biologists. Skulls, fossils, teeth and vertebrae from manatees, seals, a fin whale, dolphin and more sit in every corner. Each piece reminds him of a story.<\/p>\n

\"\"The largest, a skull cast of a 3,000-pound, 16-foot-long northern elephant seal, sits atop Worthy\u2019s minifridge. Named Gem, the seal returned the same time every year to a beach north of Santa Cruz, Calif., where Worthy and fellow marine biologists studied Gem and his pack for three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cGem is my favorite,\u201d Worthy said. \u201cHe was the top bull, the alpha male. He and the other seals would return to the beach each year around Christmas and stay until the end of April. We saw him every year.\u201d
\nGem died on the beach near Santa Cruz around 13 years old. Worthy and his teammates recovered his body and gave his entire skeleton to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Even the cast of Gem\u2019s skull Worthy displays now shows so much detail, a bite mark from a fight can be seen.<\/p>\n

Gem is just one of more than 20 artifacts Worthy has collected in his office, all from his personal research of marine mammals and \u201chow they make a living,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s who I am; it\u2019s where I come from. If you\u2019re going to personalize your office, which I think you should in a role like this, it\u2019s not just a place you go to hide away and write,\u201d Worthy said. \u201cThat\u2019s part of what we do, but here, I\u2019m also projecting a vision for the department.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plus, each artifact helps him teach more clearly and creatively. The details of each skull help his students learn how to recognize different species based on their distinct features.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun, too, because I can bring personal experiences and stories to go along with the teachings,\u201d he said.\"\"<\/p>\n

Those stories stretch to Russia, Antarctica, Canada, California, Texas and more. And although skulls and vertebrae may not traditionally be considered art, they are creative and inspirational in Worthy\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n

View the full story on UCF Today.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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