New staff: WSG welcomes Alison Lorenz
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to welcome Alison Lorenz as a new science writer.
In this role, Alison creates and proofs flyers, blog posts, news releases, reports, and more to keep the public connected to WSG’s work across its program areas.
New staff: WSG welcomes Sanpisa Sritrairat
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to welcome Sanpisa Sritrairat as the new community engagement specialist.
Growing up on the coast of Thailand, Sanpisa developed a deep love for coastal ecosystems.
Melissa Poe to serve as WSG assistant director for outreach
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) has appointed Dr. Melissa Poe to assistant director for outreach. Poe has been at WSG for 10 years, leading the social science program in work to identify, define and incorporate measures of human well-being and cultural practices into marine planning and ecosystem-based management.
Read moreSeven recent graduates selected for the 2023-2024 WSG Hershman Fellowship
Congratulations to our new WSG Hershman fellows!
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Catalina Burch, Hannah King, Noah Linck, Katie Love, Ellie Mason, Andrea Richter-Sanchez and Hannah Tennent have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2023–2024.
New staff: WSG welcomes communications specialist Hannah Shelly
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is thrilled to welcome Hannah Shelly as the communications specialist.
In this role, they collaborate with the WSG communications team and play an integral role in coordinating projects, supporting ongoing outreach efforts, social media and website management, as well as assisting with both internal and external communications.
Three recent graduates announced as finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that three recent graduate students from universities in Washington and Idaho — Jillian Everly, Devon Lombard-Henley and Leslie (To-Nhu) Nguyen — were selected as finalists for the 2024 class of the prestigious John A.
Read moreWashington Sea Grant receives federal funding to train the next generation of the aquaculture workforce
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is pleased to have a project selected for funding through the NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Workforce Development Support Projects competition.
The WSG project seeks to revive a previously successful crew training program by updating it to reflect current industry needs and adding a manager training component to equip employers with the necessary tools for recruiting and retaining a next-generation workforce.
Two UW graduate students selected for the 2023 NMFS–Sea Grant Joint Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that two University of Washington (UW) graduate students, Zoe Rand and Anna Simeon, have been selected for the 2023 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship in population and ecosystem dynamics.
Read moreSummer 2023 Sea Star
Read the new issue of our biannual magazine
Catch up on Washington Sea Grant’s (WSG) recent research, outreach and education programs across the state through Sea Star, our biannual magazine.
The summer 2023 issue includes five in-depth feature stories covering a breadth of WSG’s work.
New staff: Ashleigh Epps
We are thrilled to welcome Ashleigh Epps as a new aquaculture specialist at Washington Sea Grant.
Ashleigh works to address challenges and opportunities associated with aquaculture as part of the Aquaculture and Water Quality Team by collaborating with diverse individuals, companies and entities based in the West Coast region in Pacific and Gray’s Harbor counties.