TRAININGTHENEXT
GENERATIONOF
SCIENTISTS
our vision
Ou r m ission is to
pr ovide exception al
ser vice in m ar in e
scien ce edu cation ,
fiel d-based r esear ch
tr ain in g an d
exper ien ce an d pu bl ic
ou tr each in ocean
con ser vation . W e
tail or ou r ser vices to
u n der gr adu ates an d
ear l y car eer scien tists;
we pr ovide th e
tr ain in g th ey n eed to
con du ct in depen den t
pr ojects an d col l ect
qu al ity data. Ou r goal
is to pr esen t a
fiel d-based r esear ch
or ien tation th at wil l
equ ip ou r stu den ts
with th e sk il l s th ey
n eed to be
com petitive in th e
fiel d of m ar in e
scien ce.
Th is fir st year for u s
pr oved a su ccessfu l
star t an d a
pr oof-of-con cept
exper ien ce to give u s a
h el pfu l boost in to th is
ar en a of scien tific
edu cation . W e h ad
two in ter n s in Ju l y
wh o wer e abl e to
assist l ocal gr adu ate
stu den ts wil l pr ojects
r an gin g fr om DNA
extr action to l ion fish
sam pl e pr ocessin g.
W e wil l con tin u e to
coor din ate an d h ost
fiel d cou r ses for
u n der gr adu ates,
wor k in g in
con ju n ction with
pr ofessor s wh o al r eady
h ave establ ish ed fiel d
cou r se cu r r icu l u m with
wh ich we can pr ovide
excu r sion s an d
tr ain in g to
com pl em en t th ose
pl an s.