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WELCOMING NEW STAFF & SAYING "GOODBYE"
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Sun setting on Prince William Sound.
Photo:
Sean Den Adel.
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Over the past several months, the Science Center has seen a number of staff transitions. In the spring, we welcomed Linnea Ronnegard to fill the post of finance director. A long-time resident of Cordova, who returned to town after several years outside Alaska, we are grateful to have her energy and expertise guiding our finance department.
In July, Ginger Drake, our bookkeeper of four years, moved to Washington with her partner Scott to be closer to family. Becca Dodge (former Science Center bookkeeper from 1995-2001) has returned to fill the position. We are happy to have her back!
Tyler Quiring, administrative assistant, will be departing at the end of the month. She and her partner Eli and their dog Cedar will be settling down in Seward to be closer to her family.
Lastly, as summer wraps up, so must a couple of summer internships. Lori Galluppo of Florida, our environmnetal education intern, assisted Lauren Bien with all the summer programs, which you can read more about below! Lindsay Phillips, life-long Cordovan, was our part-time social media intern. She tagged along on education programs and interviewed researchers to create and share stories about the Science Center. She leaves soon for a semester abroad in Rome.
We thank all of our departing staff for their time, energy, and warm smiles!
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REFLECTING ON SUMMER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
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Day camp participants huddle under a tree on "Rainforest Day." Photo: PWSSC. |
This is our final week of summer education programs, and
Science Education Coordinator Lauren Bien is leading
a group of middle school students on their
explorations of local ecosystems.
Rain, wind, and shine, they are getting first-hand experience with the ecology of wetlands, temperate rainforests, oceans, and glaciers.
Not a bad way to end the summer before another school year begins!
Click
here
to view some highlights of our 2018 summer programs!
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THE 2018 FIELD SEASON IS HEATING UP!
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Crew members arrive in Prince William Sound. Photo: Dave Janka/Auklet Charter Services. |
Our enthusiastic crew members for the Alaska Hatchery Research Project have begun an intensive season of field work and sampling.
Three separate crews will be collecting salmon data every day for a total of seven weeks. Five different streams in the southwest region of Prince William Sound will be targeted.
Our first crew members departed last weekend after a week of training in Cordova. Learn
more about what our crew members will be doing in the field
here
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SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR ANCHORAGE FALL RECEPTION
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Sunset from the Science Center dock. Photo: PWSSC. |
President and CEO Katrina Hoffman and the PWSSC Board of Directors welcome friends, supporters, and partners to our evening reception, kicking off our year-end fundraising campaign.
When?
Friday, October 5
5:30 to 7:30 PM
Where?
Simon & Seafort's Room 49
420 L Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to
Signe Fritsch by September 28.
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The Science Center is committed to understanding how one place on earth can maintain a reliable economy and natural environment for the long term.
We invite you--
donors, researchers, partners, funders, elected officials, citizens--to join us in better understanding one of the world's last, great natural regions, home of the world's richest waters.
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