The Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II: A NOAA EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Center
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
In Person or Zoom Presentation
In-Person
Status
Student
Presentation Description/Abstract
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (CCME-II) was established in 2021 as a Cooperative Science Center through an award funded by the NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI). The goal of the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II (CCME-II) cooperative agreement is to recruit, educate, train, and graduate a new generation of scientists, particularly from underserved and underrepresented communities, in a variety of NOAA-mission aligned STEM fields, equipped to utilize interdisciplinary approaches to address issues currently faced by marine and coastal communities. CCME-II research spans areas of Place-Based Conservation, Coastal Intelligence and Coastal Resilience. Through NOAA-mission aligned research and social science integration, the CCME-II student, faculty, and staff produce applied-science that can be used for better understanding and resolution of short-term and long-term science and policy issues related to coastal and marine ecosystems. Building on the success of the Environmental Cooperative Science Center (ECSC), the overall mission of the CCME-II program is to educate and train the next generation of scientists while also working to make science a more inclusive community towards underrepresented communities. Center-Wide Core Curriculum (CWCC) activities ensure that all CCME-II Scholars achieve a minimum set of competencies related to the Center’s research and education programs, while also allowing students the freedom to conduct their own research as a graduate thesis.
Keywords
Coastal Science, Marine Ecosystems, NOAA, Place-Based Conservation, Sustainability, Coastal Resilience, Coastal Intelligence
The Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II: A NOAA EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Center
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (CCME-II) was established in 2021 as a Cooperative Science Center through an award funded by the NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI). The goal of the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II (CCME-II) cooperative agreement is to recruit, educate, train, and graduate a new generation of scientists, particularly from underserved and underrepresented communities, in a variety of NOAA-mission aligned STEM fields, equipped to utilize interdisciplinary approaches to address issues currently faced by marine and coastal communities. CCME-II research spans areas of Place-Based Conservation, Coastal Intelligence and Coastal Resilience. Through NOAA-mission aligned research and social science integration, the CCME-II student, faculty, and staff produce applied-science that can be used for better understanding and resolution of short-term and long-term science and policy issues related to coastal and marine ecosystems. Building on the success of the Environmental Cooperative Science Center (ECSC), the overall mission of the CCME-II program is to educate and train the next generation of scientists while also working to make science a more inclusive community towards underrepresented communities. Center-Wide Core Curriculum (CWCC) activities ensure that all CCME-II Scholars achieve a minimum set of competencies related to the Center’s research and education programs, while also allowing students the freedom to conduct their own research as a graduate thesis.