Announcements

Dieuwertje (DJ) Kast Receives 2023 Moxie Award

1 Jun, 2023

This month, we are proud to spotlight Dr. Dieuwertje (DJ) Kast (TAS, 2015). DJ is the Director of STEM Education Programs at University of Southern California. She is the recipient of a 2023 Moxie Award from Built In. These… [Read more]

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Catherine Fuller and Brandy Hill Join Expeditions as National Geographic Society and Lindblad Expeditions 2023 Grosvenor Teacher Fellows

2 May, 2023

[8/3/2023: Scroll down for an update on Brandy's expedition to Australia] TASAA is excited to share the news that two of our alumni, Brandy Hill (NOAA TAS 2018) and Catherine Fuller (NOAA TAS 2019) have been named… [Read more]

Tom Savage receives STEM Career Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund

TASAA Alum Tom Savage Receives $175,000 STEM Career Award

11 Apr, 2023

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund presents the Career Award for STEM Teachers to outstanding STEM teachers in the North Carolina public primary and secondary schools and provides $175,000 over five years. These awards recognize STEM teachers who… [Read more]

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Lollie Garay and Anne Marie Wotkyns Author Journal Article about the Importance of Teacher-Scientist Partnerships

4 Mar, 2015

Lollie Garay (TAS, 2009) and Anne Marie Wotkyns (TAS, 2010), in addition to being NOAA Teachers at Sea, also participated in the PolarTREC program (Teachers and Researchers Experiencing and Collaborating). In a journal article for Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene,… [Read more]