GLIN==> Miami University Student Receives Knauss Fellowship

Miami University Student Receives Knauss Fellowship

 

June 13, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

COLUMBUS, OH-The National Sea Grant Office has awarded Miami University
graduate student Erin Sams a Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.
She will spend a year in Washington, D.C. learning about public policy and
stewardship of our coasts and oceans.

 

"Erin possesses every trait I seek when trying to select individuals who
will be successful Knauss Fellows," Ohio Sea Grant Director Jeff Reutter
says. "She has clearly excelled in all of her experiences and it is the most
impressive list I have ever encountered."

 

A committee selected Sams as one of the 51 fellows from the 107 total
applicants.

 

Named after one of Sea Grant's founders, former National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Administrator, John A. Knauss, the program
provides highly qualified graduate students with a unique experience to work
in the legislative or executive branches of government in Washington, D.C.
for a one-year paid fellowship.

 

Sams is currently working on her Master of Science, researching the
determination of coral reef composition with different survey methods. She
has been involved in field studies and research throughout her academic
career, leading a student animal husbandry program, studying frog and toad
interactions, and studying abroad in Hiram College's Biomes of the World
semester.

 

Sams says the fellowship will allow her to help the public understand their
local environment and foster communication about managing marine resources.

 

"The connections among research, education, and policy are important," Sams
says. "I want to educate the public and policy makers to promote stewardship
on our coasts and in our oceans."

 

For more information about the Knauss Fellowship, visit
seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss <http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/> .

 

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Contact:

 

Jeffrey Reutter, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory, Director,
614.292.8949, reutter.1 at osu.edu.

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