This month’s spotlight shines on Bennett Ellis, who has been working as an aquaculture production technician at the Downeast Institute (DEI) since 2014, after completing two summer internships there as an undergraduate student. Originally from Hopedale, Mass., Ellis graduated from the marine biology program at the University of Maine at Machias in 2014 and currently […]
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This month our Alumni Spotlight shines on Olivia Streit of Lancaster, New York. Streit graduated in 2018 with a double major in biology and marine biology, and went on to earn a master’s degree in marine biology at University of North Carolina (UNC) Wilmington. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now. […]
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This month our Alumni Spotlight shines on Aisling Farragher-Gemma, a 2018 graduate of UMM’s marine biology program. Originally from Millis, Massachusetts, Farragher-Gemma is currently employed as a hatchery technician at Sea and Reef Aquaculture in Franklin, Maine. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now. I breed and raise designer clownfish and […]
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This month’s Alumni Spotlight shines on Ricky Alexander from Evansville, Indiana who graduated in 2009 with a Marine Biology degree. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now: I completed my master’s program in December 2015, after about four years of working in various field positions as a NOAA/NMFS contractor […]
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This week’s Alumni Spotlight shines on Heather Woodhams of Seattle, Washington, who is originally from Topsham, Maine. She is a 2011 UMM graduate of the Marine Biology Program. Heather is currently a North Pacific Groundfish Observer. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now: I currently work for Saltwater Inc., a contractor […]
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This week’s Alumni Spotlight shines on Jake Snyder, UMM Class of 2014 with a degree in Marine Biology. Jake lives in Canterbury, Connecticut, and is a research assistant at the University of Connecticut’s Avery Point. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now: Currently, I am a research assistant at UConn […]
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UMM’s Alumni Spotlight shines this week on Aaron Whitman of Kittery, who graduated from UMM in 2011 with a double major in Marine Biology and Biology. Aaron is now a research technician at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now: Right now I am […]
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The Alumni Spotlight this week shines on Katie Hackley of Avalon, California, a 2012 graduate of UMM with a degree in Marine Biology and Secondary Science Teaching Certification. a native of Connecticut, Katie is a Marine Science Instructor on Catalina Island, California. Tell us a little about what you are doing now: I am […]
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This week’s Alumni Spotlight shines on Travis Foster, UMM class of 2008. Travis is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and currently lives in Christchurch, New Zealand where he is a PhD Candidate at the University of Canterbury. Tell us a little about what you are doing now: I am in a three-year research […]
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