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A year looking up: Reflections on my 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
At the start of 2025, I was living at home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, wrapping up my master's degree from The University of Mississippi in...
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Interior is a marine and coastal agency: My time as a Knauss Fellow
I was placed with the Ocean, Great Lakes, and Coastal Program at the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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The value of vessel-based educational experiences
One of the best tools we use at Discovery Hall Programs (DHP) to increase a student’s environmental literacy is a vessel-based educational...
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LeFlore County students hold Blue Economy Career Showcase
Twenty-one students in grades 7-12 at LeFlore County High School transformed their school gym into a science-fair style gallery for a Blue Economy...
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BayMobile brings coastal science to Alabama communities
More than 8,000 Alabama students each year gain access to coastal science through the BayMobile, Discovery Hall Programs’ traveling classroom on...
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Mysteries of the Deep: Traveling trunks bring deep ocean corals into classroom
Thanks to a partnership between the National Marine Sanctuaries Foundation (NMSF) and The University of Southern Mississippi’s Marine Education...
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Fieldwork to framework: How we use the the 5E model of instruction
At The University of Southern Mississippi’s Marine Education Center, the 5E model of instruction is at the core of how we design and deliver...
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Coastal Gems program to offer workforce development, resources to nature tourism industry
Through this project, businesses can become a part of “Coastal Gems,” an environmentally enhanced nature-based tourism workforce that will...
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Net gains: What I learned in Week 1 of the Sea Grant aquaculture academy
One of my primary goals was to increase my knowledge of aquaculture, and the academy delivered. We traveled to three different states to see...
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