Research Vessel for Everett Community College

埃弗雷特社区学院(EvCC)获得一笔赠款，用于购买一艘研究船，以增强北普吉特湾地区社区学院学生和其他教育合作伙伴的本科生研究体验。这艘研究船提供了进行与两个当地社区大学教育议程相关的基础生物学研究的平台，利用学术和科学合作的新水平。为学生提供探索研究和教育之间的交叉点的机会，同时解剖河口物理和地质动力学的生物联系，代表着强大的教学和学习。该船将配备一个下拉弓，用于海滩登陆和通过吊艇架通道摆动，用于CTD阵列和沉积物挖掘机，以及用于实时显示水柱剖面和海底测量的电子接口。该船将扩大和提升学生进行纵向研究的研究能力，将研究邮轮从每月增加到每周，同时为更多的学生提供更多的研究培训机会。一艘专门的研究船可以灵活地适应天气条件，允许抛锚，为鳗鱼草调查提供浅水通道，增加数据收集和访问，加强社区学院、大学和州机构之间的合作，并提供更多社区参与的机会。新兴的合作伙伴关系通过社区学院本科生研究计划的合作机构，扩大了EvCC以外的研究机会。与当地大学、州政府机构、K-12机构和社区合作伙伴的持续伙伴关系提供了丰富的机会，提高学生的地方感，并与当地生态系统建立联系，帮助学生就他们生活的环境做出更明智的决定。通过提供工具和通道，这艘船代表着一个教学和培训新兴科学家的创新平台，他们中的许多人在STEM领域没有得到足够的服务。欲了解更多信息，请访问www.everettcc.edu/orca。

Everett Community College (EvCC) is awarded a grant to acquire a research vessel to enhance undergraduate research experiences for community college students and other educational partners in the North Puget Sound region. This research vessel provides the platform to conduct basic biological research relevant to two local community college education agendas, leveraging new levels of academic and scientific collaboration. Providing opportunities for students to explore the intersection between research and education while dissecting the biological connections to physical and geological dynamics in an estuary represents powerful teaching and learning.The vessel will be equipped with a drop down bow for beach landing and swing through davit access for a CTD array and sediment dredge, as well as electronic interface for real-time display of water column profile and benthic surveys. The vessel will expand and enhance the research capacity on longitudinal research conducted by students, increasing research cruises from monthly to weekly, while providing greater research training opportunities for more students. A dedicated research vessel provides flexibility to adjust to weather conditions, allows for anchoring, provides shallow water access for eel grass surveys, increases data collection as well as accessibility, increases collaboration between community colleges, universities and state agencies and provides increased opportunities for community engagement.Emerging partnerships expand the research opportunities beyond EvCC, through the partner institutions of the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative. Ongoing partnerships with local universities, state agencies, K-12 institutions and community partners provide rich opportunities for increasing the sense of place and the connection to the local ecosystem which helps students make more informed decisions about the environment in which they live. By providing the tools and access, this vessel represents an innovative platform for teaching and training emerging scientists, many of whom are underserved in STEM fields. For more information visit www.everettcc.edu/orca