Four recent Washington graduates are finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that four recent Washington graduates have been selected as finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.
The Knauss Fellowship is a prestigious one-year fellowship program awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program.
Ten recent graduates selected for the 2024-2025 WSG Hershman Fellowship
Congratulations to our new WSG Hershman Fellows!
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Elise Adams, Jessica Clemens, Nika Hoffman, Heeju Jung, Jess Lechtenberg, Allison Morgan, Courtney Murphy, Rondi Nordal, Katalin Plummer and Jack Winterhalter have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2024–2025.
Meet Jezella Peraza, 2024 WSG Keystone Fellow
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that Jezella Peraza, a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, has been selected as the 2024 WSG Keystone Fellow.
Read moreWASI interns work with host businesses to prevent pollution
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to introduce four interns working with host businesses this summer through the Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) program. Administered by WSG in tandem with the Washington Department of Ecology, the WASI program links undergraduate students in engineering, chemistry, sustainability and environmental sciences with Washington businesses to analyze, recommend, and even implement process changes that prevent pollution and benefit Washington’s waterways and natural resources.
Read moreWSG welcomes new Science Communications fellows
Washington Sea Grant is happy to welcome two new Science Communications fellows, Jess Davis and Brian McGreal. As part of the communications team, Jess will contribute to the WSG News Blog, monthly newsletter and social media.
Read moreThe Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship has a track record of launching recent graduates into marine policy careers
Many Hershman alums find themselves coming back full circle as they mentor the next generation of fellows
From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star
By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer
Since 2008, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) has placed recent graduate students in offices across the state to spend a year working on ocean and coastal science and policy issues.
Who was Marc Hershman?
In addition to his academic and policy achievements, Hershman is remembered for being an exceptional mentor
From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star
Marc J. Hershman has been credited with turning coastal management into an academic field of study.
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.
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.
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.
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