SMEA student Adriana Apintiloaiei has been selected as a member of the 2024 Bonderman Fellow cohort. The Bonderman Fellowship was created by UW alumnus, David Bonderman, in 1995. This fellowship provides graduate and professional students with the opportunity to independently travel abroad to encourage discovery and learn to understand the world in new ways. The 2024 cohort cover a wide variety of interests including:

Interconnectedness
Reciprocal relationships with land
Disability rights
Biracial identities
Notions of the Absurd across the world
The connection between people and water
Queer communities around the world

Please join us this Thursday, May 23rd, from 12-1 PM in FSH 203 or on Zoom for our fourth SMEA Speaker Series: Careers in Marine and Environmental Affairs. This week we will be hearing from four panelists: Laura Nelson, Allen Shimada, Dan Tonnes, and Usha Varanasi who will be sharing their experience working with/for the U.S. Federal Government.
Zoom: https://lnkd.in/dPa4uAQG
Meeting ID: 927 8726 9100
Passcode: seminar 

Please join us this Thursday, May 16th, from 12-1 PM in FSH 203 or on Zoom for our third SMEA Speaker Series: Careers in Marine and Environmental Affairs. This week we will be hearing from three SMEA alumni, Valerie Cleland, James Lee, and Devon Thorsell, who will be sharing their experience working with non-profits and advocacy organizations.
Zoom: https://lnkd.in/dPa4uAQG
Meeting ID: 927 8726 9100
Passcode: seminar 

Please join us for our SMEA thesis and capstone presentations on both Friday, May 10th and 17th in MAR 168 or on Zoom. Each presentation will be followed by a short Q&A.
Zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/7379570075
Full presentation schedule is posted below. We hope to see you there! 

Please join us this Thursday, April 25th, from 12-1 PM in FSH 203 or on Zoom for our second SMEA Speaker Series: Careers in Marine and Environmental Affairs. This week we will be hearing from four SMEA alumni, Henry Bell, Alex Erzen, Kirsten Feifel, and Bobbak Talebi who will be sharing their experience working with state and local governments.
Zoom: https://lnkd.in/dPa4uAQG
Meeting ID: 927 8726 9100
Passcode: seminar 

SMEA alum, Andrew Kenefick (’23), has been appointed to the Roundtable on Plastics Committee established by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide as a forum for examining issues associated around national efforts to reduce plastic pollution.

The Roundtable will serve as a collaborative platform for federal agencies and cross-disciplinary experts in academia, industry, and non-governmental organizations to discuss research initiatives. 

The School of Marine and Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, April 4, at 12:00 pm. Please see below for location details:
Ocean Sciences Building (OCN) Room 203 or via Zoom using the information below:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/98174117556?pwd=V1JQeldTdTFRRFlKc0E4Q3FSMEo2dz09
Meeting ID: 981 7411 7556
Passcode: 563969 US (Seattle)
A copy of the meeting agenda is provided. Please contact Kiley Pazcoguin (kpaz@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

The School of Marine and Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, March 7, at 12:00 pm. Please see below for location details:
Ocean Sciences Building (OCN) Room 203 or via Zoom using the information below:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/98174117556?pwd=V1JQeldTdTFRRFlKc0E4Q3FSMEo2dz09
Meeting ID: 981 7411 7556
Passcode: 563969 US (Seattle)
A copy of the meeting agenda is provided. Please contact Kiley Pazcoguin (kpaz@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

Location for all talks:On campus: Fishery Science Building (FSH), 1122 NE Boat Street, room 203Zoom:  NOTE: you will need to type in the password to enter the seminarVideo link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92079340874Meeting ID: 920 7934 0874Passcode: seminarAudio-only option: +1 206 337 9723 US (Seattle)Meeting ID: 920 7934 0874

Thursday, October 12, 12-1 pm
Melissa Parks (she/her), Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington – School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and NOAA – Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Talk title: Exploring the Influence of Multispecies Interactions on Small Farmers’ Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Change in Oregon
Bio: Melissa Parks is an applied anthropologist researching human interactions with the environment and food systems in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. 

Congrats to SMEA’s 2023 Knauss fellows!
Devon Lombard-Henley

Diana Perry

Leslie Nguyen

To read the SeaGrant announcement: https://seagrant.noaa.gov/2024-knauss-finalists-announcement/