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President's Note
Dear NYSMEANS,
Thanks to all that attended our Marine Careers Webinar. The event was a huge success! We had a variety of speakers talk about diverse career options in marine science, from marine architecture to fisheries research to animal training and environmental education. Also online were hundreds of students, including several New York schools and also schools in California, Arizona, and Connecticut. If you missed, email me for access to the recording, which run
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Webinar presenter and Animal Trainer at Long Island Aquarium Candy Paparo gets a kiss from a friend.
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s about 1 hour.
All of our speakers stressed that students should find what they love, and consider doing volunteer work or internships in the field. Find out about some great opportunities on the NYSMEA website by clicking here.
Thanks for your continued participation in NYSMEA events. Let us know what other events would interest you.
Meg
Meghan Marrero, Ed.D.
NYSMEA President
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FREE All-access Pass to AMNH this Sunday for NYSMEA Members
Due to a variety of scheduling conflicts, we have decided to cancel this Sunday's NYSMEA board meeting, scheduled for
10:30 am. We will, however, still have tickets available for members of NYSMEA and LIMA who wish to visit the American Museum of Natural History on their own. These tickets will be distributed by Sarah Richards between 12:40 and 1:00 just inside the main front door of the museum at 79th St. and Central Park West (outside the Portrait Room). You must RSVP to Sarah by midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 9 if you wish to reserve a free ticket. Hope to see you there!
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Call for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers
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NYSMEA is resurrecting our journal Ripples, to now be published in an electronic format as a benefit to NYSMEA members. Add to your resume with one or more of the opportunities below:
Get published! For our first issue, we are looking for diverse marine-related articles, including recaps of scientific studies, lesson ideas, and personal anecdotes.
Edit! Experienced editors needed to help review submitted articles and prepare them for publication.
Review! Peer reviewers needed to ensure that Ripples is a high quality journal in marine education.
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Position Announcement
Do you have experience in development? Are you interested in getting into this field?
NYSMEA is recruiting a new head of our Development Committee. This is a great opportunity to raise money for our nonprofit and to gain valuable experience in this area. Interested? Email pr@nysmea.org
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Contacts Sought for Study of Water Monitoring and Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling
Social scientists in the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are seeking assistance in constructing a comprehensive GIS database of watershed monitoring activities taking place in the Marcellus Shale region of New York and Pennsylvania. The purpose of this research, supported by the National Science Foundation, is to discover where, why, and how surface water is being monitored and to document the extent of volunteer and other non-governmental efforts to carry out data collection efforts. A major objective of this project is to identify regions and watersheds that are not being monitored and may require greater attention by governments, researchers, and the public. In the future, the results of this study may be used to analyze the relationship between industry behavior and the presence of watershed monitoring activities.
The researchers (Abby Kinchy, Simona Perry, and Kirk Jalbert) are preparing to mail a survey to the organizations and agencies in New York and Pennsylvania that are engaged in watershed monitoring. If you are currently involved in or know about watershed monitoring activities related to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling (including gathering baseline data), please contact Abby Kinchy at kincha@rpi.edu or 518-276-6980. You will not be asked to share data from monitoring activities. Furthermore, the names of individual people who share information with the researchers will remain confidential. The researchers also have measures in place to protect each watershed group's desired level of privacy. Results of the survey will be shared with all respondents. For more information, see www.watershed-mapping.rpi.edu.
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NOSB Video contest
The National Ocean Science Bowl and National Marine Educators Association are looking for videos for their "Living on the Ocean Planet" contest. More details here.
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What's new on the Web?
When you receive our issue of The Strandline each month it also means we've updated our Web site!
Here are a few postings that we thought might be of special interest to you all:
- New JOB postings! click here
- Scholarships and grant opportunities! click here
- Upcoming NYSMEA and other events! click here
- Professional Development! click here
For more regular updates, find us on Twitter, Linked In, and Twitter by clicking on the icons, below, on the bottom right of this newsletter.
If you are interested in helping collect content for our Web site, please email Larissa, the Web site Committee Chair at Website@nysmea.org . We can always use the help!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, November 13th. Free all-access passes to AMNH for NYSMEA members. Email Sarah Richards to reserve your tickets by Wednesday at midnight.
Saturday, December 3rd. NYSMEA Holiday Party, 6:30 PM at Eisenhower Park.
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Join NYSMEA!
NYSMEA holds an annual conference, periodic meetings, lectures, workshops, field trips, and boat trips. Learn a lot, have a great time and meet some talented, energized educators with a passion for water, just like yours! Not a member?
Click here and join only $20 a year.
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