New staff: WSG welcomes Azalea Hermann
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is pleased to welcome Azalea Hermann as the new fellowships and workforce development specialist. In this role, Azalea collaborates with the WSG fellowships team on fellow recruitment, engagement, professional development and more.
Read moreNew staff: WSG welcomes Allison Spooner
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to welcome Allison Spooner as the new HR and equity manager. Allison joins WSG as a key member of the operations team.
Allison brings eight years of experience supporting classified staff, student employees, and academic HR.
“Oceanography” special issue spotlights Sea Grant
Sea Grant-funded research and work with coastal and Great Lakes communities across the nation are the focus of a special issue of “Oceanography,” the official journal of The Oceanography Society.
This special issue, published in April 2024, features 36 articles contributed by Sea Grant authors across 29 programs and the National Sea Grant Office.
WSG director update
WSG is pleased to provide an update on its search for a new director. The Dean’s Office of the University of Washington’s College of the Environment and WSG are jointly exploring a new model for WSG leadership that would add a faculty director to our leadership team.
Read moreCalling all filmmakers: Entries sought for the Olympic Peninsula’s eighth annual River & Ocean Film Festival
Submit short films by April 22 for a screening at the Rainforest Arts Center in Forks.
Forks, WA – The River & Ocean Film Festival returns in 2024 to celebrate the freshwater and marine environments on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula.
After nearly 40 years of sharing life-saving skills, Sarah Fisken retires
As a WSG marine operations specialist, Fisken grew the organization’s marine workshop program and forged trust and community across the state in the process
From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star
By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer
The first time Sarah Fisken put on a survival suit, she was immediately thrown overboard.
Winter 2023-24 Sea Star
The new issue of our biannual magazine is here!
Catch up on Washington Sea Grant’s (WSG) recent research, outreach and education programs across the state through Sea Star, our biannual magazine.
New staff: WSG welcomes Manya Chadha
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is pleased to welcome Manya Chadha as a new student assistant on the communications team.
In this role, Manya collaborates with the WSG communications team to manage and revamp WSG’s website, report communications and social media metrics and assist in internal communications.
New modeling tool shows impacts of sea level rise, coastal flooding to Whatcom County
Created by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and supported by Washington Sea Grant, the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) will soon be available for use across Washington state
From rising seas to eroding shorelines and more frequent, intense storms, the hazards faced by coastal communities are only projected to grow.
Washington Sea Grant welcomes first Economic Recovery Corps fellow
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to welcome Jessika Tantisook as its first Economic Recovery Corps fellow. The inaugural cohort of the Economic Recovery Corps (ERC) will spend the next 2.5 years enhancing the economic development efforts of host organizations like WSG around the United States.
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