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.
Read moreTwo 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 moreMeet Katalin Plummer, Graduate Science Communications Fellow
Growing up in eastern Oregon, I always felt like a fish out of water. I had always believed my soul wasn’t made to live with unbearably hot summers and 10% humidity.
Read moreUW, WWU graduate student selected as 2023–2024 WSG Keystone Fellow
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that University of Washington and Western Washington University graduate Jackelyn Garcia has been selected as the 2023–2024 WSG Keystone Fellow. Through the fellowship, she will spend the year working at the Puget Sound Partnership and Washington Conservation Action.
Read moreMeet Emma Duckworth, Undergraduate Science Communications Fellow
My name is Emma Duckworth and I am grateful for the opportunity to be Washington Sea Grant’s undergraduate science communication fellow for the spring of 2023. I grew up in Livermore, California, a small town in the Bay Area about an hour from the coast.
Read moreMeet Olivia Horwedel, Indigenous Aquaculture Network Communications Fellow
My name is Olivia Horwedel and I am so grateful for the opportunity to be the Communications Fellow for the Cross-Pacific Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative Network. I grew up in Michigan and spent the majority of my childhood outdoors exploring the rivers, lakes and streams of my home state.
Read moreMeet Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communication Fellow
My name is Andrea Richter-Sanchez and I am thrilled for the opportunity to be Washington Sea Grant’s science communication fellow for the fall and winter of 2022-2023. I am originally from Venezuela and grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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