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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#5A5A5E;letter-spacing:.05pt">For</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#5A5A5E;letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#5A5A5E;letter-spacing:.05pt">Immediate</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#5A5A5E;letter-spacing:-.7pt">
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#5A5A5E;letter-spacing:.05pt">June 16, 2020</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#5A5A5E">
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<span style="color:#404040">Contact:</span><span style="color:#404040;letter-spacing:1.2pt">
</span><span style="color:#404040">Doug Karlson, Sea Education Association Marketing & Communications Coordinator</span><span style="color:#404040;letter-spacing:1.6pt">,
</span><span style="color:#404040">508-540-1918</span><span style="color:#595959;letter-spacing:-1.25pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#44546A">SEA Semester Introduces New Remote Learning Summer Program for High School Students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="color:#004781">Woods</span></b><b><span style="color:#004781;letter-spacing:.25pt">
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</span></b><b><span style="color:#004781;letter-spacing:.1pt">— </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">For those high school students who are passionate about the ocean, Sea Education Association has launched an innovative remote learning program
called </span><a href="https://www.sea.edu/high_school_programs/sea-quest"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SEA Quest</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:black">SEA Quest is geared toward rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors, as well as recent graduates with an interest in ocean science and concerns for critical environmental issues
like climate change and ocean plastics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:black">Students will have the choice of two sessions, or may enroll in both:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:black">Session I - Ocean Biodiversity and Issues of Marine Debris; Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 24.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:black">Session II - Climate Change and the Ocean; Monday, July 27 – Friday, August 7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:black">SEA Quest promises to be more than an online learning experience. The two summer sessions will be in-depth virtual explorations of critical marine conservation topics coupled with essential
training in leadership and scientific skills. Students will learn how to conduct field research in order to better understand the ocean, and to help develop solutions to environmental problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:black">Under the direct, interactive tutelage of a professional scientist, a licensed mariner and a marine policy instructor, SEA Quest Explorers will meet professionals from Woods Hole regional
research and conservation centers, participate in and contribute to an active learning community that values the ocean, and explore various marine ecosystems through a virtual ocean research cruise.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:black">Centered on learning by doing, SEA Quest is a multidisciplinary experience that welcomes students to work creatively, from home, to approximate participation in coastal ecosystem research
and engage in exercises essential to the team effort that is required on any oceanographic expedition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#5A5A5E">About
</span></b><a href="http://www.sea.edu/?utm_source=press_release&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SEAQuest"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Sea Education Association/SEA Semester®</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Sea Education Association (SEA) is an internationally recognized leader in undergraduate ocean education. For nearly 50 years and with 1.3 million nautical miles sailed, SEA has educated students about the world’s oceans
through its Boston University accredited study abroad program, SEA Semester. SEA/SEA Semester is based on Cape Cod in the oceanographic research community of Woods Hole, Massachusetts and owns two research vessels: the SSV
<i>Corwith Cramer</i>,<i> </i>operating in the Atlantic Ocean, and the SSV <i>Robert C. Seamans</i>, operating in the Pacific. In 2016, SEA was honored with the
</span><a href="https://www.sea.edu/sea_currents/single/sea_honored_with_national_science_board_award?utm_source=pressrelease&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SEAQuest"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">National Science Board’s Public Service Award</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt">
for its role in promoting the public understanding of science and engineering. Last year, the National Maritime Historical Society presented Sea Education Association with the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Maritime Education.
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A">Doug Karlson</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A"><br>
Marketing & Communications Coordinator<br>
Sea Education Association <br>
P.O. Box 6 • Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>
<b>t:</b> 508.540.3954 x523<br>
www.sea.edu | #SEASemester<br>
<a href="https://www.sea.edu/documents/e_signatures/dkarlson.html"><span style="color:blue">SEA Fact Sheet</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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