Research Vessel for Everett Community College

埃弗雷特社区学院（EvCC）获得了一笔赠款，用于购买一艘研究船，以提高北普吉特海湾地区社区大学生和其他教育合作伙伴的本科研究经验。这艘研究船提供了一个平台，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，利用新的学术和科学合作水平。为学生提供探索研究与教育的交叉点的机会，同时剖析河口的物理和地质动力学的生物联系，这代表了强大的教与学。该船将配备一个下坠式船首，用于海滩登陆，并通过吊柱通道进行CTD阵列和沉积物疏浚，以及用于实时显示水柱剖面和底栖生物调查的电子界面。该船将扩大和加强学生进行纵向研究的研究能力，将研究巡航从每月增加到每周，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，允许锚定，为鳗鱼草调查提供浅水通道，增加数据收集和可达性，增加社区学院、大学和国家机构之间的合作，并为社区参与提供更多机会。新兴的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合作为增加地方感和与当地生态系统的联系提供了丰富的机会，帮助学生对他们所居住的环境做出更明智的决定。通过提供工具和通道，该船代表了一个创新的平台，用于教学和培训新兴科学家，其中许多人在STEM领域得不到充分的服务。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