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First graduate works as intern, awarded fellowship
July 2007 - The HRI watched with pride as its first graduate, Ed Gorecki, left
Corpus Christi for Washington DC where he is working as an intern
at U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz’ office for the summer. This fall,
Gorecki is to start a Knauss Fellowship. He was a master’s student
under HRI Endowed Chair Dr. Richard McLaughlin.
During his time as a student at TAMUCC, Ed Gorecki was the chair of
the Texas A&M University System’s Chancellor Student
 Advisory Board
and the president and co-founder of the Field Science Club. A member
of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Student Government Association, he
previously served as student government president and vice
president. He was a member of the university’s Presidential Search
Committee and participated in numerous campus organizations
including the Campus Activities Board.
HRI reaches out
to sixth graders through workshop
August 2007 - The HRI hosted an Innovation Academy
student orientation on August 6 which brought 70 local sixth grade students and their teachers
to participate in hands-on activities and
to interact with HRI faculty, staff and students, getting a first-hand look
at various science disciplines. The sessions were held in the TAMUCC
Educational Center for Mathematics and Science and run by HRI
research students and faculty.
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HRI student travels to Panama for workshop
August 2007 - HRI doctoral student
Peter Etnoyer, currently studying under
Dr.
Tom Shirley in the HRI Biodiversity and Conservation Laboratory,
was one of 14 students selected to participate in a short course
during July held in Bocas del Toro, Panama.
Entitled, "Taxonomy and Biology of Gorgonians and Black Corals,"
the week-long short course drew students from around the world for
two weeks of training, diving and lab work.
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
assembled the short course, focusing on marine algae, sponges and
octocorals of the Caribbean,
Etnoyer normally studies deep-water gorgonacea, but he relished an
opportunity to work with shallow water species.
After seven days of field training, students embarked on personal
projects.
"Shallow water work is so much easier than deep water work," he
said. "No robots or submarines to worry about. You can drive the
boat for a change, and you can definitely get wet. That's the good
part."
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Arismendez awarded travel for estuarine conference
August 2007 - HRI doctoral student
Sandra Arismendez has been selected to receive a student travel award to attend the
Estuarine Research Federation (ERF) 2007 Conference in Providence,
Rhode Island November 4-8.
 Sandra is a member of the ERF
which is a multidisciplinary organization comprised of
individuals who study and manage the structure and functions of
estuaries and the effects of human activities on these fragile
environments.
The conference theme this year is "Science and
Management: Observations, Syntheses, Solutions." The conference
goals are to share knowledge, provide networking resources and
opportunities, integrate international perspectives, provide a
focus on “Science for Society” to increase the impact of estuarine
scientists’ work, and to encourage interactions, opportunities and
collaborations among ERF members.
The conference will give Sandra an opportunity to learn about emerging issues and solutions
in estuarine science and management and establish a network with
professional estuarine scientists both nationally and
internationally.
Sandra is funded in her PhD work by a NOAA Environmental
Cooperative Science Center grant to
Dr.
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