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Halmos Director Presents Ocean STEM Research
Halmos Director of Academic Support Melissa Dore
This May, the Florida Marine Science Educators Association held its annual conference in St. Augustine, FL. Entitled, “Shining Light on Ocean Literacy”. This conference focused on the Ocean Literacy Principles using current research projects and innovative programming conducted by ocean educators of all levels.
The Halmos Director of Academic Support, Melissa Dore, presented “Ocean STEM: Plugging the leaks in the pipeline”. This presentation was the result of a research project looking at factors in the admissions process that influences persistence in the M.S. in marine science graduate program admissions process and final success in the program. This project was conducted to provide the graduate program in marine sciences a valid predictor for success in the admissions process. An analysis of the data allowed the marine science master’s programs to develop an index to assist students to succeed in the program as well as reduce the time to completion.
The 50th anniversary FMSEA conference will be held at NSU in May 2018.