The UW College of the Environment has published an interview with SMEA Director Nives Dolšak and Dave Fluharty highlighting SMEA’s trajectory over the last 50 years. The article also shines light on the potential future of the program and invites everyone to join the celebration on May 19th and 20th.  An excerpt is provided below:
What’s next? Where do you see the School in 10 years? 

Please join us Tuesday, April 25th, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:30pm in the Burke Museum’s Cascade Room for Finding Common Ground: Digital Story Viewing. This is a collaborative event coproduced by University of Washington and Chief Leschi Schools students. 
The program will begin with a screening of the digital stories, followed by a discussion with the collaborators, and a chance to mingle over complimentary food from Off the Rez Cafe. 

Thank you for all who participated in this year’s #HuskyGivingDay. Your gift to the McKernan Fund helps SMEA continue training the next generation of interdisciplinary scholars. When the community giving platform closed  April 7th, SMEA had the highest donation amount in the College of the Environment and we tied for first place with the Atmospheric Sciences in terms of the number of gifts! 

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, April 6, at 12:00pm. Please see below for location details;
Ocean  Building, Room 207 or via Zoom using the information below:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/93393936028?pwd=ZUxHS3liOGQ0ZTB6L0tyZDVPMEFYdz09
Meeting ID: 933 9393 6028
Passcode: 457426 US (Seattle)
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Please contact Michaela Miller (mcski@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

You are invited to join the SMEA thesis and capstone presentations on Friday, February 24th in the Marine Studies Building, room 268. If you’d like to attend via Zoom, please contact Michaela Miller at mcski@uw.edu for details. The schedule of events is as follows:
Thesis & Capstone Presentations

Student

Faculty Advisor

Thesis/Capstone & Title

Client

Scheduled Time

Virtual/In-Person

Rory Spurr & Alana Santana
Anne Beaudreau
Capstone, “Visualizing ESA-listed fish research in the west coast region”
Diana Dishman, NOAA
9-9:30am
Hybrid -Alana & Rory in person/Anne & Diana virtual

1 HOUR BREAK

Izzi Lavallee
P. 

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, February 2, 12:00pm. Please see below for location details;
Ocean Sciences Building, Room 203
or via Zoom https://washington.zoom.us/j/9175532830 
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Please contact Michaela Miller (mcski@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

SMEA Professor of Practice Yoshi Ota and Ocean Nexus’s international report was highlighted in a recent UW News article. The report titled, “Towards an Equitable Approach to Marine Plastics Pollution” presents how marine pollution impacts the human population and promotes an equity-focus to addressing this issue. The report features topics from COVID-19 to Coca-Cola. You can read the complete article by Hannah Hickey here. 

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, November 3, 12:00pm. Please see below for location details;
Ocean Sciences Building, Room 203
or via Zoom
https://washington.zoom.us/j/91358659778
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Please contact Jackie Chapman (jachap@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

The School of Marine and Environmental Affairs is launching their quarterly Speakers Series during the month of October. Attendees will be able to attend in-person at the University of Washington Marine Studies Building, Room 268 or virtually via Zoom.
This quarter’s lineup features three speakers offering a variety of topics:
Thursday, October 13, 12-1 pm: Laura Nelson, Post-doc Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will present “Climate Impacts on the Traditional Seafood Species and Food Security of the Makah Tribe.”
Thursday, October 27, 12-1 pm: Yoshitaka Ota, Professor of Practice, UW SMEA, Director, Ocean Nexus will offer “What is Ocean Equity?”
Thursday, November 17, 12-1 pm: Jean Flema, Director, Ocean Defense Initiative “There’s Only One Ocean.”
If you would like to attend via Zoom, or have questions about the event, please contact Michaela Miller, mcski@uw.edu. 

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, October 6, 12:00pm. Please see below for location details;
Ocean Sciences Building, Room 203
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Please contact Jackie Chapman (jachap@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information.