In the News
February 7, 2012 - 2:49pm
A Collaborative Workspace for students is coming to South Campus, thanks to a grant from the Student Technology Fee (STF). The STF Committee granted the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs (SMEA) $5,000 to install the new space. The grant will transform MAR 237 into a dedicated space for group projects, featuring a 60" monitor with touch-screen capabilities utilizing HP's Pocket Whiteboard technology. In addition, the space will allow for videoconferencing with up to 100 participants...
February 1, 2012 - 9:09am
Students in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs (SMEA) will soon see a brand new computer lab thanks to a $21,000 Student Technology Fee (STF) grant. The school was awarded the funds to improve student access to technology. The lab will include 12 workstations with dual, rotating monitors to enable students to read full-text articles in portrait mode on one screen, while taking notes on another. In addition, the lab will include a new scanner and the latest software to ensure...
July 19, 2011 - 9:27am
Congratulations to three recent SMEA graduates, Bridget Emmett, Heather Gibbs, and Clara Hard, who were recently selected by Washington State Sea Grant as Marc Hershman Marine Policy Fellows. The Hershman Fellowship places recent graduates in Washington state agencies to provide first-hand experience crafting marine and natural resource policies. They will begin their fellowships this fall.
Read on to learn more about what each of these grads will be doing!
Bridget Emmett, placed with...
July 18, 2011 - 10:12am
Assistant Professor Lekelia (Kiki) Jenkins was recently selected by Women of Color Empowered, a Seattle non-profit organization, to be honored at their September 2011 luncheon, "Women of Power: Eco Women Making a Difference in the Environment." According to Women of Color Empowered, "Honorees are exceptional women recommended by their peers based on career achievement, significant contribution to local communities of color, and inspiration to others to follow their lead." Congratulations to...
July 13, 2011 - 9:58am
June 17, 2011 - 1:31pm
At the SMEA graduation ceremony on June 9th, 2011, it was announced that the following students received awards for excellence in their studies related to the work promoted by specific scholarship or fellowhip funds:
Aaron Barnett, MMA '11, Northwest Marine Trade Association Award
June 17, 2011 - 11:20am
SMEA is sending even more graduates to Washington, DC to serve as Knauss Fellows! In June 2011, two SMEA graduates, Rebecca Jablonski-Diehl and Meghan Massaua, were selected to be 2012 Knauss Fellows in Washington, DC. They will begin their fellowships in February 2012. Jablonski-Diehl will be placed in a Legislative office and Massaua will be placed in an Executive office (both exact placements to be determined closer to their actual start dates). Congratulations to both of them!
May 26, 2011 - 1:24pm
Congratulations are in order for three SMEA first year students Cherie Wagner, Erica Bates, and Laura Wigand, recipients of the Clarence H. Campbell Endowed Lauren Donaldson Scholarship! The scholarship is open to SAFS, SMEA and Oceanography students and provides funding of up to $8,000 for the 2011-2012 academic year.
March 3, 2011 - 4:02pm
Risa Oram (SMA’01) recently joined the Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu as a Social Scientist in the Human Dimensions Research Program. The Human Dimensions Program is part of the Socioeconomics and Planning Group in the Director’s Office. This is a natural extension of Risa’s work at SMA, where she conducted research on “Human-Marine Species Interactions: Coral Reef Dive Tourism and Education in Mactan and Olango Islands, Philippines.”