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Welcome to the 2021 EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholars!
Hollings scholars have a variety of internships, from working with fish, diving, going aboard vessels, computer modeling, and more. Top (left to right): Hannah Brady, Andrew Tokuda, Alfre Wimberley, Amy Li. Bottom (left to right): Paul Campion, Amber Liggett, Ashley Bang, Caitlin Ford.(Top left photo: Chad King. Top, second photo to the left: Jacob Argueta/Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. All other photos courtesy of the scholar.)
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Great Lakes NOAA B-WET grant competition is now open!
Teachers test water quality in Marquette, Michigan, during a professional development session. (Mitch Klett)
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
World Ocean Day: Earth has one big ocean with many features.
Ocean Literacy Principle #1: Earth has one big ocean with many features.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Monday, June 7, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth.
Ocean Literacy Principle #2: The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Monday, June 7, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.
Ocean Literacy Principle #3: The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Friday, June 4, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean makes Earth habitable.
Ocean Literacy Principle #4: The ocean makes Earth habitable.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Ocean Literacy Principle #5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
Ocean Literacy Principle #6: The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean is largely unexplored.
Ocean Literacy Principle #7: The ocean is largely unexplored.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Hurricane safety explainer
Hurricane emergency route sign. (iStock)
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Community Resilience to Climate Change: A Virtual Workshop for All Educators
offsite linkJoin the National Ocean Service Planet Stewards at their educator professional development workshops this summer! Topics include climate change, environmental justice, and more! Happening July 5-29, 2021.(NOAA Planet Stewards)
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Lessons from the (corn) field: How working with farmers made me a better science communicator
Maggie Beetstra in The Field of Corn art display in Dublin, Ohio, that pays tribute to Sam Frantz, the inventor of several hybrid corn species, and the agricultural heritage of much of the state.(Courtesy of Maggie Beetstra)
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Become a NOAA Ocean Guardian School
NOAA Ocean Guardian Schools are supported by NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA, and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.(NOAA Sanctuaries)
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
#WorldOtterDay
Sea otter and pup.(Douglas Croft/NOAA Sanctuaries)
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
New coloring page!
A coloring page from the NOAA Environmental Literacy Program's Vision of A Resilient Community depicting a city along a coast and river with a selection of resilient activities that can be present in a community.(NOAA Office of Education & Jessica B. Bartram)
Monday, May 24, 2021
Calendar of webinars and live events
A student participant virtually joins fisheries and aquaculture specialist Abigail Archer from Woods Hole Sea Grant for the NOAA Live! 4 Kids webinar, “Swimming Upstream with River Herring.”(Lindsey Williams)
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Marine Explorers Virtual Summer Camp
offsite linkThe Marine Explorers Virtual Summer Camp from the Greater Farallones Association is offering 2-hour/day, week-long, camp for 9-13 year olds that are curious about the ocean. Engage your child in marine science learning this summer!(Greater Farallones Association)
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Refresh of NOAA.gov
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Resource collection: Climate change impacts
Life-threatening storm surge was forecast for areas of the Florida panhandle. This mobile home park north of the coastal highway in Mexico Beach, Florida, was washed away from the storm surge and wave impacts of Hurricane Michael, Nov. 2, 2018(NOAA)
Monday, May 17, 2021
"Protect and Restore: NOAA Stewardship in Action"
For more than 50 years, NOAA has monitored our ever changing world and worked to address the unprecedented environmental challenges we face. Through conservation and restoration of our nation’s essential natural resources, NOAA protects our ocean, coasts, their ecosystems and the communities that rely on them. Stewardship is the foundation NOAA was built upon and will continue to build on for our country’s future.(NOAA)
Monday, May 10 - Friday, May 14, 2021
Hurricane Preparedness Week
It only takes one storm to change your life and community. Tropical cyclones are among nature’s most powerful and destructive phenomena. If you live in an area prone to tropical cyclones, you need to be prepared. Learn how during Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 9-15, 2021).(National Weather Service)
Monday, May 3 - Friday, May 7, 2021
Teacher Appreciation Week
Thank you, teachers! (Graphic by NOAA Office of Education)
Friday, May 7, 2021
Planet Stewards professional development workshops
offsite linkJoin the National Ocean Service Planet Stewards at their educator professional development workshops this summer! Topics include climate change, environmental justice, and more! Happening July 5-29, 2021.(NOAA Planet Stewards)
Thursday, May 6, 2021
NOAA Teachers on the Estuary Workshops
Educators involved with a Teachers on the Estuary Programs out their paddling and artistic skills to use studying a marsh along the Hudson River Estuary.(Chris Bowser, the Education Coordinator of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve)
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Planet Stewards grant opportunity
Planet Stewards program logo.(NOAA National Ocean Service, Planet Stewards)
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
May the fourth be with you
Two images of the sun from GOES-16 Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) on April 13, 2021. The image on the left was taken with a 171 Angstrom filter and the one on the right was taken with a 284 Angstrom filter. Different wavelengths of light capture different information about what is happening on the sun's surface and atmosphere. The GOES SUVI captures wavelengths in the ultraviolet spectrum.(NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center)
Monday, May 3, 2021
NOAA Live events and webinars calendar
A student participant virtually joins fisheries and aquaculture specialist Abigail Archer from Woods Hole Sea Grant for the NOAA Live! 4 Kids webinar, “Swimming Upstream with River Herring.” (Lindsey Williams)
Friday, April 30, 2021
SciJinks: What causes tides?
An illustration of the tidal force, viewed from Earth's North Pole. Water bulges toward the moon because of gravitational pull. Note: The moon is not actually this close to Earth. (NOAA SciJinks)
A portrait photo of Brianna Shaughnessy, who was a 2020 Knauss Fellow, is a current Ph.D. candidate, and the Aquaculture Education Coordinator in the NOAA Office of Education. She is quoted saying, “The point is not that I received bad advice, it is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach for every person ... Each of us needs to find our own personal “triple bottom line” of sustainability ...” (Graphic by NOAA Office of Education. Photo courtesy of Brianna Shaughnessy.)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has created an online tool to track water quality by using data provided to the EPA. (Environmental Protection Agency)
NOAA Custom Chart Tool: New podcast episode from National Ocean Service
This is a view of a NOAA Custom Chart for the coast near San Francisco, California. With this free online tool, it's easy to zoom in and explore this region, or any area covered by NOAA's 3.2 million square nautical miles of charts. And once you find what you're looking for, it's just as easy to download a printable digital copy. (NOAA Coast Survey)
Happy Earth Day: #1 Monitor environmental observations with GLOBE
As a citizen scientist, you can make use of The GLOBE Program’s Observer mobile app (free and available for download on iOS and Android devices). You too can observe the world around you as these GLOBE students did during a recent GLOBE Learning Expedition in Killarney, Ireland (2018). (The GLOBE Program)
Environmental Education Week: ‘Classroom without walls’ fosters traditional, sustainable environmental practices in Hawaii
Participants are learning about the throw net from Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement Officer Covell. This lesson is part of a Hawaii B-WET project that focuses on “pono fishing,” or sustainable traditional Hawaiian fishing practices in Hawaii. Photo was taken prior to social distancing guidelines related to COVID-19. (Malama Pupukea-Waimea)
Countdown to Earth Day: #3 Track marine pollution with the Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project
Marine debris of various sizes, materials, and colors, that were collected on a beach for the Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project. (Mike Tetreau)
Madur Dwarakanath is wearing a volunteer vest and smiling at an older couple. He is telling them about shells and rocks on display. The older man is touching and looking at one of the seashells. The older woman looks on, smiling. (Casey Henley/Broken Banjo Photograph)
Countdown to Earth Day: #6 Record temperatures in your neighborhood with the Urban Heat Island Mapping project
Sara Benson (right) and Roxanne Lee, of the Boston Science Museum, using a CAPA Heat Strategies sensor to investigate extreme heat in Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, on July 24, 2019. Alt text: Two women stand together near a car door as they attach a temperature gauge to the glass window of the car door. (2019 photo courtesy of the Boston Science Museum)
Countdown to Earth Day: #7 Collect Earth's magnetic data with the CrowdMag project
A cell phone portraying the CrowdMag app on the screen. A map is shown of North and South America with different-colored dots suggesting data points. (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information)
Countdown to Earth Day: #8 Monitor rain, hail, and snow with CoCoRaHS
Left: A clear cylindrical tube (rain gauge) is filled with water up to the “10” mark. Right: A clear cylindrical tube (rain gauge) is attached to an outside fence collecting snow. ( CoCoRaHS)
Persevere and excel: EPP/MSI alumnus awarded doctoral degree while working full-time at NOAA
A portrait of Michael Edwards, D.Eng., who is a physical scientist in NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and a 2002 EPP/MSI Graduate Sciences Program alumnus. A quote next to his portrait reads "Everything is a challenge, but challenges are there to bring out the best in us ... If you want to get it, work hard and you can attain it." (Graphic by NOAA Office of Education. Photo courtesy of Michael Edwards.)
Countdown to Earth Day: #9 Track historic fish counts with FISHstory
Two photos side by side which show historic fishing photos. Both photos look almost the same with a group of people gathering at the same dock. The photos are taken three years apart. (Rusty Hudson, Hudson, Timmons, and Stone families)
Countdown to Earth Day: #11 Catch and release eels with the Hudson River Eels project
A student holds a bag of clear, small ell-like fish above her head while gazing up to look at the bottom of the clear bag. (Chris Bowser, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation/Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve)
Countdown to Earth Day: #13 Record historic marine weather observations with the Old Weather WWII project
A black and white photo of Navy sailors releasing a weather balloon into the air from a ship. (U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives)
Countdown to Earth Day: NOAA unlocks citizen science ‘project of the day’
NOAA engages the public in support of key mission areas through the rapidly growing field of citizen science — a form of open collaboration in which individuals and organizations participate voluntarily in the scientific process. Citizen scientists take part in a range of activities from observing precipitation type and amount to helping map the ocean floor. (NOAA)
Walking down a bike path in Boulder, Colorado, three citizen scientists collect data on the Earth's magnetic field using the CrowdMag cellphone app. (Jennifer Taylor/CIRES)
Illustration of the NOAA ELP Vision of A Resilient Community depicting a city along a coast and river with the following depicted: trees being planted as urban heat island abatement; an aquarium with people restoring a nearby coastal wetland to mitigate flooding; sustainable design with green infrastructure; a healthy community with people biking and exercising outside; a city hall with youth and adults presenting their ideas to officials; a shoreline that is protected with restored oyster reefs; students on a boat mapping coastal resilience assets; community members engaging in citizen science; a house adapted to severe storms, flooding, and rising sea levels; people preparing their community for a flood; K-12 schools where teachers and students are creating a rain garden; a university where researchers study resilience solutions; and a science center where youth have convened a climate summit. The NOAA logo is in the top right corner of the illustration. (NOAA Office of Education & Jessica B. Bartram, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
'A buoy of hope’: How NOAA helped aquariums come together to stay afloat during the pandemic
A masked family at an aquarium looks at something off-camera, standing in back of a sign that reads, “Thank you for staying one sea lion from others (2 m or 6 ft).” (Vancouver Aquarium)
A landscape photo looking out onto a bay at high tide in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Cages for oyster farming can be seen just below the water with green seaweed growing on them. (Brianna Shaughnessy/NOAA Office of Education)
"Hurricane Simulation" WebApp Courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). Copyright 2013 by Tom Whittaker at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies)
Dan Ward, owner of Ward Aquafarms in Massachusetts, helps educators gather photos and video to help educate 7-11 year-olds in Colorado about oyster farming. (Brianna Shaughnessy, NOAA Office of Education)
Four women from NOAA were recognized at the annual Women of Color in STEM conference, which was held virtually October 8-10, 2020. These awards highlight significant achievements in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Top row, left to right: Dr. Jeanette Davis, Jennifer Dickens. Bottom row, left to right: Cindy Woods, Melissa Hooper. (NOAA)
A landscape photo looking out onto a bay at high tide in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Cages for oyster farming can be seen just below the water with green seaweed growing on them. (Brianna Shaughnessy/NOAA Office of Education)
A U.S map plotted with the dates and locations of NOAA Virtual Open House live, guided tours taking place in March. For text details, please see listing below in our web story. (NOAA Heritage)
“Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)” by Chan P.Y., Grade 12, is a winner of the Marine Art Contest 2019. Winning art is posted on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary website. (Chan P.Y.)
Litter such as plastic detergent bottles, crates, buoys, combs, and water bottles blanket Kanapou Bay, on the Island of Kaho’olawe in Hawaii. This region is a hot-spot for marine debris accumulation. (NOAA)
Head of NOAA’s Office of Civil Rights honored at Black Engineer of the Year Awards
PHOTO - Kenneth Bailey - OICR - LandscapeKenneth M. Bailey is the Director of the Office of Inclusion and Civil Rights, which is part of NOAA’s Civil Rights Office. He received the Dave Barclay Affirmative Action in Government Award at the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards. The quote reads, "NOAA has the best mission ... and I love doing my job here with my team and colleagues." (Courtesy of Kenneth Bailey, Office of Inclusion and Civil Rights)
Female green crab with eggs in Pipestem Inlet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Green crab have since moved into northern British Columbia. (NOAA Fisheries)
Undaria pinnatifida, also known as Asian kelp or wakame. This invasive species has colonized many harbors along the California coastline, including in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. (Chad King/NOAA)
A U.S map plotted with the dates and locations of NOAA Virtual Open House live, guided tours taking place in March. For text details, please see listing below in our web story. (NOAA Heritage)
Carmen, a Magellanic Penguin, and Kayavak, a Beluga Whale greet each other during Shedd Aquarum's temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Shedd Aquarium)
Danbury 6th grade students team up to begin their beach scavenger hunt at Long Island Sound from Milford Point, Connecticut, as part of EdAdvance’s New England B-WET project. (EdAdvance)
NOAA's Community Resilience Education Theory of Change
Theory of Change community illustration, which includes lush greenery, people playing and conversing outside, and community buildings and houses. (NOAA Office of Education)
Maria Mitchell, Rear Admiral Evelyn J. Fields (ret.), Marie Tharp, Pamela Chelgren-Koterba, and Dr. Nancy Foster are five notable women who worked in ocean science at NOAA. (NOAA/NOS)
EPP/MSI alumna now leads a field division of NOAA’s research on atmospheric processes, quality, and climate
A photo of LaToya Myles, Ph.D., a 2001 NOAA EPP/MSI Graduate Sciences Program Alumni next to her quote, which reads: "You have got to give people a vision ... and have people you are working with be able to see that vision and pursue it.” Myles is now the Director of the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division of the Air Resources Laboratory. (Graphic by Office of Education, photo courtesy of LaToya Myles.)
These three images from NOAA's GOES East (GOES-16) satellite show us what Earth looks like from space near the solstice. The images were captured about 24 hours before the 2018 solstice, at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 20, 2018. (NOAA Satellites)
When you blow across the top of your hot drink to cool it down, you are mimicking the same process that creates wind-driven waves in the ocean. If you use a layered drink as seen here, blowing across the top of the liquid shows how upwelling works. (Marissa Jones/NOAA)
Ocean Guardian School students from Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California, conducted scheduled patrols along Point Reyes National Seashore that involved collecting, recording and categorizing of the marine debris found along the coastline. (Sir Francis Drake High School, San Anselmo, California)
Walking down a bike path in Boulder, Colorado, three citizen scientists collect data on the Earth's magnetic field using the CrowdMag cellphone app. (Jennifer Taylor/CIRES)
Madison Bowe, a 2018 NOAA Hollings scholar, crosses a channel in Winchester Marsh, a sentinel site marsh in South Slough National Estuarine Reserve, Oregon. (June Cho)
A student participant virtually joins fisheries and aquaculture specialist Abigail Archer from Woods Hole Sea Grant for the NOAA Live! 4 Kids webinar, “Swimming Upstream with River Herring.” (Lindsey Williams)
NOAA's Community Resilience Education Theory of Change
Theory of Change community illustration, which includes lush greenery, people playing and conversing outside, and community buildings and houses. (NOAA Office of Education)
The German icebreaker Polarstern travels through Arctic sea ice in August 2020 as melt ponds are forming. The Polarstern has been in the Arctic Ocean since September 2019, supporting the international MOSAiC mission to better understand the region’s climate system and its influence on the rest of the world. (Courtesy of Lianna Nixon/CIRES/CU Boulder)
Final reminder for undergraduate scholarship applications
Hollings scholars have a variety of internships, from working with fish, diving, going aboard vessels, computer modeling, and more. Top (left to right): Hannah Brady, Andrew Tokuda, Alfre Wimberley, Amy Li. Bottom (left to right): Paul Campion, Amber Liggett, Ashley Bang, Caitlin Ford. (Top left photo: Chad King. Top, second photo to the left: Jacob Argueta/Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. All other photos courtesy of the scholar.)
2014 Partnership Education Program interns receive training in the field. The program gives students from under-represented groups the mentorship and hands-on research experience that can help launch a career in the sciences. (NOAA)
Courtney's internship was split into half coral disease research and half outreach. In this photo, Hollings Scholar Courtney Tierney is in one of the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa's management areas, Fagatele Bay, collecting coral disease data. (NOAA Hollings mentor Marieke Sudek)
NOAA Education loves seeing docents in action! In the fall of 2019, volunteer Madur Dwarakanath (left) is seen talking about seashells and rocks on display with guests at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon. Oregon Sea Grant operates the public education wing of the center. (Casey Henley/Broken Banjo Photograph)
NOAA satellite image for larger view of Hurricane Katrina taken Aug. 28, 2005, as the storm’s outer bands lashed the Gulf Coast of the United States a day before making landfall. (NOAA)
Hollings alumna Hillary Thalmann samples for larval Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska on the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson during her 2016 internship. Hillary poses on a ship with larval fish sampling nets and large water-quality samplers. She is wearing cold-weather field field gear and a safety helmet. (Photo courtesy of Hillary Thalmann)
Maryland Sea Grant State Science Policy Fellows - Call for applications
The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve team is offering online resources to help educators and students learn about and experience the Chesapeake Bay. (Jennifer Dreyer)
Kick off a year of learning with our at-home resource collection!
NOAA is marking its 50th Anniversary on October 3! This graphic depicts photos that represent just some of our diverse mission areas, which range from the surface of the sun to the bottom of the ocean. Download the full image at noaa.gov/50-years. (NOAA)
Christine Wielgos, Lead Forecaster, and other experts at the Weather Forecast Office in Paducah, Kentucky, began offering “mini courses” as a way to continue their outreach efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics included using radar apps, tornados, and winter safety. This photo was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. (National Weather Service)
Open grant opportunity: Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
3rd grade students from Coquille Valley Elementary School share their stewardship project on raising and releasing steelhead salmon at the Student Watershed Symposium in Charleston, OR. The Student Watershed Symposium is part of Oregon Sea Grant's “MWEEs by the Sea” B-WET project. (Oregon Sea Grant)
Open grant opportunity: NOAA California Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
Gault Elementary School, a NOAA Ocean Guardian School, is located on the coast of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Santa Cruz, CA . From 2014-2019, Gault students participated in coastal restoration activities at their local state beaches. Partnering with Groundswell Coastal Ecology educators and volunteers, these young guardians of our ocean have helped to stabilize the coastal ecosystem by removing over 4,300 square meters of invasive ice plants and replacing them with nearly 12,000 native dune plants! (Kate Thompson/NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries)
These three images from NOAA's GOES East (GOES-16) satellite show us what Earth looks like from space near the solstice. The images were captured about 24 hours before the 2018 solstice, at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 20, 2018. (NOAA Satellites)
NOAA Education holiday cards: May your rays be merry and bright
An illustrated holiday card featuring an ocean ray. There is a NOAA logo at the bottom right of the card, and writing on the card that reads, “May your rays be merry and bright.” The card is framed with a string of holiday lights. At the bottom a link reads noaa.gov/education. (Kaleigh Ballantine/NOAA Office of Education)
NOAA Education holiday cards: Home for the holidays
An illustrated holiday card featuring a hermit crab with a holiday decorated shell.There is a NOAA logo at the top right of the card, and writing on the card that reads, “Home for the holidays.” At the bottom a link reads noaa.gov/education. (Kaleigh Ballantine/NOAA Office of Education)
NOAA Education holiday cards: We hope your holidays are swell!
An illustrated holiday card featuring waves in the sea. Within the waves, the card reads, “We hope your holidays are swell.” A NOAA logo is on the top right, and at the bottom a link reads noaa.gov/education. (Kaleigh Ballantine/NOAA Office of Education)
NOAA Education holiday cards: When can your hot chocolate predict the weather?
An illustrated holiday card featuring a mug full of hot chocolate and marshmallows. There is a NOAA logo on the mug and writing on the mug that reads, “Happy holidays.” The card reads, “When can your hot chocolate predict the weather? When it’s muggy out!” At the bottom a link reads noaa.gov/education. (Kaleigh Ballantine/NOAA Office of Education)
NOAA Education holiday cards: Oh buoy, what a year
An illustrated holiday card featuring a lopsided ocean buoy in rough seas. There is a NOAA logo on the buoy and writing on the card that reads “Oh buoy, what a year.” At the bottom a link reads noaa.gov/education. (Kaleigh Ballantine/NOAA Office of Education)
An illustrated holiday card featuring a decorated kelp tree with a sea star at the top. There are presents in the sand under the kelp tree, a NOAA logo, and writing that reads “Happy holidays from the NOAA Office of Education.” At the bottom a link reads noaa.gov/education. (Kaleigh Ballantine/NOAA Office of Education)
A photo of 2017 NOAA Hollings undergraduate scholar Kathryn Van Artsdalen alongside her quote "As much as I loved the mountains of Vermont where I went to school, the Hollings program changed my life by taking me to the ocean." Under the quote is her current job: research assistant at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California. (Graphic by NOAA Office of Education. Photo courtesy of Kathryn Van Artsdalen.)
Cindy Woods, Chief of the Operations Division, Director of the National Weather Service Operations Center in the National Weather Service, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, received a Leaders and Legends Award at the 2020 Women of Color in STEM Virtual Conference. (Cindy Woods/NOAA)
Left: A photo of Ashley Bang, now a Data scientist in applied conservation finance research, next to her quote, which reads "While I had a truly unforgettable research experience ... during my internship, the network and friendships I built along the way have proven to be equally, if not more, valuable and memorable." Right: 2017 Hollings scholars Ashley Bang (front) and Lizzy Ashley (back) became fast friends during the years of their Hollings Scholarship despite always living across the country from one another. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lizzy gave Ashley a tour of Orcas Island in Washington where she worked after the Hollings Scholarship. (Graphic by NOAA Office of Education. Photos courtesy of Ashley Bang.)
Melissa Hooper, Permits and Monitoring Branch Chief in the NOAA Fisheries West Coast Regional Office, received a Technology Rising Star Award at the 2020 Women of Color in STEM Virtual Conference. (Melissa Hooper/NOAA)
Newly improved Education at Home resource collection!
NOAA is marking its 50th Anniversary on October 3! This graphic depicts photos that represent just some of our diverse mission areas, which range from the surface of the sun to the bottom of the ocean. Download the full image at noaa.gov/50-years. (NOAA)
Jennifer Dickens, Information Technology Project Manager in the Office of Chief Information Officer, Cyber Security Division, received a Technology Rising Star Award at the 2020 Women of Color in STEM Virtual Conference. (Jennifer Dickens/NOAA)
Theory of Change community illustration, which includes lush greenery, people playing and conversing outside, and community buildings and houses. (NOAA Office of Education)
Women of Color in STEM Awardee: Dr. Jeanette Davis
Dr. Jeanette Davis, Policy Advisor in the Deputy Under Secretary for Operations Office, received a Technology Rising Star Award at the 2020 Women of Color in STEM Virtual Conference. (Dr. Jeanette Davis/NOAA)
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