Dr. Trey Driggers and Ms. Kristin Hannan, two NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Mississippi Labs Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) research fisheries biologists, visited Silver Spring, Maryland on February 6 and 7 to share their vast shark research… [Read more]
NOAA Teacher at Sea Alumni John Sammons (TAS 2005), Jill Stephens (TAS 2009), Dana Clark (TAS 2014), and Jennifer Fry (TAS 2009 and 2012) volunteered at regional science conferences in order to share their experiences at sea, inform the… [Read more]
NOAA Teacher at Sea Alumni Mary Patterson (TAS 2009), Dana Clark (TAS 2014), and NOAA Captain Rick Brennan (Chief of the Coast Survey Development Laboratory in Silver Spring, MD) presented at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Expert… [Read more]
Dr. Suzanne Acord (TAS 2014) and her 11th grade students from Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, HI learned about ocean careers and research aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette on December 1, 2014. Students toured the ship and had the… [Read more]
Britta Culbertson (TAS, 2013) participated in the 2014 Hurricane Awareness Tour on May 21 in New Orleans, LA and on May 22 in Tallahassee, FL. During the tour, NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter aircraft, a Lockheed WP-3D Orion, traveled to several… [Read more]
Artist Sydney Inouye beautifully painted, “The One Who Got Away” for the science crew of NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette. Sydney is a 2014 graduate of Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, HI and one of Suzanne Acord’s (TAS, 2014) former… [Read more]
NOAA scientists from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (NMFS PIFSC) visited Suzanne Acord’s (TAS, 2014) ninth grade students at Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, HI on May 15, 2014. The Chief Scientist, Dr. Don Kobayashi,… [Read more]
Mary Patterson (TAS 2009) volunteered at the STEM Alliance Event on March 28, 2014, in Laredo, TX. The event was hosted by the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) and Texas A&M International University. STEM professionals, activities and career… [Read more]
Alicia Gillean (TAS 2012) was one of over 200 applicants to be selected by PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) in November 2012. Mrs. Gillean is going to Northern Alaska from May 30, 2013 – June 27, 2013,… [Read more]
Sue Zupko (TAS 2011), Kathleen Harrison (TAS 2011) and Michele Brustolon (TAS 2010) were invited to present at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natura History on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Each week at the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall,… [Read more]
