HR: 0830h
AN: ED51B-1187    [PDF]
TI: Education and Public Outreach at a Graduate College of Marine Science: A case study from the University of South Florida
AU: * Coble, P G
EM: pcoble@marine.usf.edu
AF: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 Seventh Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Greely, T M
EM: greely@marine.usf.edu
AF: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 Seventh Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Betzer, P R
EM: pbetzer@marine.usf.edu
AF: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 Seventh Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AB: The College of Marine Science (CMS) at the University of South Florida, along with the marine science research complex that continues to grow in its vicinity, represents one of the largest marine research facilities in the Southeast. In addition to CMS, part of a state university, and it's associated Center for Ocean Technology, three federal agencies, two state agencies, a private college, and two private companies are concentrated around Tampa Bay. CMS is a member of several large organizations (JOI, CORE) and many researchers in this community are heavily involved in major national research initiatives (ODP, IODP, OOI, SEACOOS). CMS has a graduate degree program, but it also has a extensive foundation of education and public outreach (EPO) infrastructure, which includes educators, administrators, and researchers and serves an audience from K to gray. The strength of EPO at CMS has brought national recognition to the university and generated \$1 million in endowments. Two new awards from NSF's Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE) Program and the GK12 Program have enabled CMS to maximize the synergy from individual EPO efforts. The existence of this solid EPO base has become an asset to the research community as it seeks to fulfill new funding agency requirements for education components in research proposals. Ongoing projects, experienced personnel, and a network of teachers and schools provide multiple outlets for infusing the education system with the latest results produced by researchers, whether funding derives from individual awards or by collaboration of multiple PIs on a large initiative. The lessons learned from building the EPO network at CMS will be discussed, as well as how this type of model is poised to meet the growing role of research institutions in education.
UR: http://www.marine.usf.edu
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting