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]
On February 8th, 2022, President Joe Biden named the recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Among the awardees this year are two Teacher at Sea Alumni: Kristin Joivell (NOAA Ship Fairweather, 2009)… [Read more]
A steady stream of awards and accomplishments continue to mount for Teacher at Sea alumna Laura Guertin (TAS 2014). She was one of 100 women selected to receive the National STEM Award. INSIGHT Into Diversity 2015 Inspiring Women in… [Read more]
Elizabeth Martz (TAS, 2007), Candice Autry (TAS, 2006) and June Teisan (TAS, 2015), were among 100 speakers at the 4th USA Science and Engineering Festival held at the Washington, D.C. Walter E. Washington Convention Center on April 16 and… [Read more]
Congratulations to Vincent Colombo (TAS 2015), for being selected as a 2016-2017 Sussex County, DE Vocational-Technical School District Teacher of the Year. Mr. Colombo teaches biochemistry and integrated science at Sussex Technical High School in Georgetown, DE. He sailed… [Read more]
Congratulations to Lindsay Knippenberg (TAS 2011), for being selected as a 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year by Mooresville Graded School District. Ms. Knippenberg has 14 years of teaching experience and currently teaches Marine Science and Earth Science at Mooresville… [Read more]
Sue Zupko (TAS 2011 and 2014) held the second annual Seven Seas Celebration on April 15, 2016, at Weatherly Heights Elementary School in Huntsville, Alabama. Over 200 students and parents attended this successful marine science and math activity night.… [Read more]
Rebecca Loy (TAS 2015) presented at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) Museum in Syracuse, New York on November 21, 2015. The Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY) sponsored Ms. Loy’s talk, “What's Down… [Read more]
Congratulations to June Teisan (TAS 2015) for being inducted into the Class of 2016 National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF)! June is a middle school science teacher from Harper Woods, Michigan and was one of five exceptional teachers in… [Read more]
Mr. Chris Monsour (TAS 2007) received the NOAA Teacher at Sea Program Excellence in Science Education Award in July 2015. He was presented with the award by the director of the Teacher at Sea Program, Jennifer Hammond, on Tuesday,… [Read more]
