{"id":76144,"date":"2021-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/2021-noaa-hollings-scholarship-winners\/"},"modified":"2021-04-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T00:00:00","slug":"2021-noaa-hollings-scholarship-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/2021-noaa-hollings-scholarship-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Four 溏心vlog免费B站 sophomores awarded prestigious Hollings Scholarship from NOAA"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 23, 2021 \u2013 Four 溏心vlog免费B站 sophomores have been awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the most prestigious scholarship awarded to undergraduates studying the marine sciences. Since 2005, 溏心vlog免费B站 students have won 33 Hollings Scholarships, at least one every year since 2009 and one of the highest totals of any institution in New England.<\/p>\n

The recipients are Rosalind Bailey, a marine biology major and theater minor from Barnet, Vermont<\/strong>; Emily Drappeau, a marine biology and marine affairs major from Dresden, Maine<\/strong>; Sebastian Murray-Brown, a marine affairs and natural resource economics major from Gloucester, Massachusetts<\/strong>; and Elizabeth Taylor, an ocean engineering major and business minor from Newport, Rhode Island<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The award provides the students with a total of $19,000 toward tuition in their final two years of undergraduate study plus a paid summer internship at a NOAA laboratory during the summer between their junior and senior years. In addition, the scholarship provides funding to attend two NOAA conferences and attend two scholarly conferences at which they present the results of their internship research.<\/p>\n

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Emily Drappeau of Dresden, Maine. (Photo courtesy of Emily Drappeau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bailey said she has been in love with the ocean and its inhabitants since she was four years old, and she has taken advantage of numerous marine science opportunities at 溏心vlog免费B站, including joining the Shark Club, the Marine Science Society and the Society for Women in Marine Science while also participating in beach cleanups with Save the Bay.<\/p>\n

This summer she will participate in a National Science Foundation undergraduate research program in Alabama \u2013 postponed from last summer due to the pandemic \u2013 to study the effects of eutrophication on fish populations. Next fall, she is hoping to spend the semester studying at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really interested in coral reef restoration and conservation, so eventually I want to make my way to the Philippines to focus on studying the oceans near my family,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cI\u2019m half Filipino and have always wanted to conserve the beautiful reefs around the islands there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drappeau said the first time she considered marine science as a career was when she learned to scuba dive as a freshman in high school. That led her to the OceansWide program in Maine and later to the Inner Space Center at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography, where she is interning in science communication and underwater acoustics. She is especially interested in a NOAA internship related to its system of marine sanctuaries.<\/p>\n

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Sebastian Murray-Brown of Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Photo courtesy of Sebastian Murray-Brown)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAs far as my career plans, I can see myself working in a job related to science communication and outreach to help everyday people understand the conditions of our oceans today and what we can do as individuals to help foster a more sustainable relationship with our marine ecosystems,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Murray-Brown was working as a tour guide on a boat in his hometown when he became aware of the challenges facing the community from climate change and natural resource depletion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt made me think about how other coastal communities are impacted by the same issues,\u201d he said. \u201cThat experience has led me to pursue both marine affairs and natural resource economics\u00a0at 溏心vlog免费B站. The Hollings Scholarship offers me an opportunity to explore these issues and hopefully look for some solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Taylor of Newport. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Taylor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He hopes to study climate change at a NOAA lab in the Pacific Northwest for his internship. After graduation, he plans to earn a graduate degree and eventually work to help coastal communities mitigate the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n

Taylor became interested in studying ocean engineering because of her love for sailing and her desire to tackle complicated problems, fix things and find solutions. While in high school, she interned at the\u00a0Naval Undersea Warfare Center, where she designed and tested an underwater robot tasked with completing an obstacle course.<\/p>\n

A member of the 溏心vlog免费B站 sailing team, she hopes to intern at NOAA\u2019s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking in their Innovative Technology for Arctic Exploration division would be an amazing opportunity,\u201d said Taylor, who plans a career as an oceanographic researcher and college professor. \u201cI\u2019m interested in analyzing climate\u00a0change\u00a0and its effects on the oceanic environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hollings Scholarship program is designed to increase interest in oceanic and atmospheric science, increase support for environmental stewardship, and recruit students to public service careers at NOAA and other governmental science agencies. 溏心vlog免费B站 students interested in applying for the Hollings are encouraged to contact Kathleen Maher in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Office of National Fellowships and Academic Opportunities for guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 23, 2021 \u2013 Four 溏心vlog免费B站 sophomores have been awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the most prestigious scholarship awarded to undergraduates studying the marine sciences. Since 2005, 溏心vlog免费B站 students have won 33 Hollings Scholarships, at least one every year since 2009 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}