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• Consortium secures nearly $4 million in grants
• Snow elected to state web board
• DeVoe appointed to SEACOOS Board
• Spence recognized as AAAS Fellow

Consortium secures nearly $4 million in grants

The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium has recently secured grants totaling $3,828,206 during the past several months for both new and continuing programs.

The grants support studies by faculty and students in South Carolina research institutions, addressing issues such as effects of urbanization on southeastern estuaries, coastal erosion and sources of nourishment sand, ocean-science instruction, harmful algal bloom and algal toxins, and coastal ocean monitoring systems.

Snow elected to State Web Board

Patty Snow, the Consortium’s art director, has been appointed to the board of director’s of the S.C. Government Webmasters Association. Snow developed and maintains the association’s Web site located at http://www.scgw.org/. The association provides a forum for government Webmasters to share information and ideas. The group identifies and promotes best practices for state Web Sites, provides education for Webmasters, evaluates Web-related technologies, among other tasks.

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DeVoe appointed to SEACOOS Board

M. Richard DeVoe, executive director of the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the SouthEast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (SEACOOS) by Molly Corbett Broad, president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. SEACOOS is a regional partnership, funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, to coordinate ocean observing in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Member institutions will develop a better understanding of chemical, meteorological, biological and transportation processes of near-shore ocean environments.

SEACOOS members will create scientific, educational and outreach activities related to the project. Member institutions include N.C. Sea Grant; S.C. Sea Grant Consortium; Georgia Sea Grant; Florida Sea Grant; University of North Carolina; University of South Carolina; University of Miami; University of South Florida; Skidaway Institute of Oceanography; S.C. Department of Natural Resources; and MCNC, an organization based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., specializing in transferring research ideas into the marketplace.

Spence recognized as AAAS Fellow

Lundie Spence, director of the SouthEast Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (SouthEast COSEE), has been elected a Fellow by the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). A Fellow is defined as a “Member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its application are scientifically or socially distinguished.” Criteria include contributions in research, teaching, service to professional societies, and others.

SouthEast COSEE is funded by the National Science Foundation, with support provided by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and the NOAA Coastal Services Center, and is administered through the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium.

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