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Cruising the Career Coastline

The goal of this project is to build a coastal career community of practice (“Coastliners”) within South Carolina that augments ocean literacy among students and teachers and advances opportunities for historically- marginalized populations to explore STEM-related fields in ocean science and exploration. 

Project Objectives

  • Develop a suite of highly accessible, inclusive, and robust STEM-based professional development and student learning opportunities related to ocean science literacy and careers. 
  • Remove barriers and actively advance access to ocean science information, opportunities, and resources through the co-production of a network comprised of coastal educators and students (“Coastliners”) representative of the diverse and/or historically marginalized populations.

Grant Overview

  • Funding through NOAA Office of Exploration and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
  • Award amount $20,000
  • Partners: S.C. Sea Grant Consortium (lead), Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce, Horry-Georgetown Technical College
  • Timeframe: October 2023 – June 2024

Questions?

Email E.V. Bell at ev.bell@scseagrant.org.

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