hi my name is Benjamin Estes I am from
Ozark Missouri and I'm majoring in
environmental geology
I chose Murray State because they had a
rifle team that I could shoot at I also
chose Murray State because of the
academics they had a geology program
that I was very interested in and I like
this small field of school so I have
been shooting for eight years now I shot
in high school and it was just natural
transition for me to shoot at Murray
State I enjoy competing at the NCAA I went to all four NCAA
championships with the Murray
State rifle team wife on the rifle team
is it's fun you get to travel a lot I
get to go see all the big campuses like
Ole Miss I've even traveled to the
University of Alaska in Fairbanks for an
NCAA championship and that was a
very cool experience so in the geology
major we study all of the earth
processes from soil minerals rocks
geological formations geological history
hydrological cycles in layman's term
it's like the water cycle and stuff
why I also did a lot of studies with
satellite imagery and I've actually gone
past a satellite imagery yesterday I
actually got got my part 107 pilot's
license for unmanned aerial vehicles so
I am licensed to fly
UAVs now and gather information that
away I have a very good relationship
with all of my professors I frequently
stop into their offices and just say hi
don't even ask him for anything
sometimes but I go in there I talk to
him i talk to him about their
experiences and what they've done so
when I graduate I plan to work for the
US Geological Survey or work for a mine
I also am looking at career paths and
pursuing aerial photography what I do
for fun is actually partly because one
of the reasons I chose Murray State I
chose Murray State because they're
really close to the lakes and I really
do enjoy fishing on the weekends when I
do have an open weekend so I'll bring a
group of friends up there and little
fish for two or three hours then have a
little bonfire and all eat hot dogs or
whatever so it's a lot of fun the most
exciting thing about graduating is I get
a step into the real world and I know
that I'm going to succeed with a degree
from Murray State I'm also getting
married on September 1st so I get to
start my life with my fiance and I'm
just so excited to step out in the real
world and start my life
