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montana etten-bohm recognized with texas a&m cirtl bednarz award atmospheric sciences phd candidate montana etten-bohm was recognized with prestigious award for her teaching and research contributionssep 17 2021texas a&m universitys center for integration of teaching research and learning (cirtl) recently awarded the bednarz award to atmospheric sciences phd candidate montana etten-bohm in recognition of her superior teaching-as-research (tar) fellows project and overall involvement the center said the bednarz award was established in 2016 to honor the many contributions of dr sarah bednarz professor emerita of geography to cirtl by annually recognizing an outstanding doctoral student in cirtl programs because of etten-bohms passion for undergraduate education specifically in the field of meteorology and desire to learn more about the field of education she has been heavily involved in cirtl programs she said she has completed the academy of future faculty and the teaching-as-research programs as well as the cirtl massive open online course local learning community and the college classroom teaching course through completion of these courses and programs she has earned the cirtl associate practitioner and scholar certificates ive always loved meteorology and being able to spread my passion through teaching is incredibly rewarding she said not only can i have an impact on someones life in the classroom but in meteorology im also capable of equipping students with skills that could ultimately save a life montana is a talented educator said dr courtney schumacher etten-bohms advisor she is organized well-informed and intent upon teaching students in the best way possible this may mean using different methods and tools depending on the topic which was the essence of her tar fellows research her results have implications on how we teach hundreds of students the most difficult concepts in introductory meteorology every year in the department of atmospheric sciences she has also been very involved in teaching assisting as both a teaching assistant and graduate assistant lecturer and was awarded the outstanding teaching assistant award for the department of atmospheric sciences in december of 2020 montana has also been an invaluable contributor to our departments educational mission by teaching labs and large lecture classes with high praise from her students an indicator of her passion for teaching and her respect for student learning schumacher said after completing her phd she will be joining the university of north dakotas department of atmospheric sciences as an instructional assistant professor in the fall of 2022 by leslie lee
texas a&m universitys center for integration of teaching research and learning (cirtl) recently awarded the bednarz award to atmospheric sciences phd candidate montana etten-bohm in recognition of her superior teaching-as-research (tar) fellows project and overall involvement the center said the bednarz award was established in 2016 to honor the many contributions of dr sarah bednarz professor emerita of geography to cirtl by annually recognizing an outstanding doctoral student in cirtl programs because of etten-bohms passion for undergraduate education specifically in the field of meteorology and desire to learn more about the field of education she has been heavily involved in cirtl programs she said she has completed the academy of future faculty and the teaching-as-research programs as well as the cirtl massive open online course local learning community and the college classroom teaching course through completion of these courses and programs she has earned the cirtl associate practitioner and scholar certificates ive always loved meteorology and being able to spread my passion through teaching is incredibly rewarding she said not only can i have an impact on someones life in the classroom but in meteorology im also capable of equipping students with skills that could ultimately save a life montana is a talented educator said dr courtney schumacher etten-bohms advisor she is organized well-informed and intent upon teaching students in the best way possible this may mean using different methods and tools depending on the topic which was the essence of her tar fellows research her results have implications on how we teach hundreds of students the most difficult concepts in introductory meteorology every year in the department of atmospheric sciences she has also been very involved in teaching assisting as both a teaching assistant and graduate assistant lecturer and was awarded the outstanding teaching assistant award for the department of atmospheric sciences in december of 2020 montana has also been an invaluable contributor to our departments educational mission by teaching labs and large lecture classes with high praise from her students an indicator of her passion for teaching and her respect for student learning schumacher said after completing her phd she will be joining the university of north dakotas department of atmospheric sciences as an instructional assistant professor in the fall of 2022 by leslie lee
dedication of the first four universities to achieve sea grant designation in 1971 the other three were oregon state university university of rhode island and university of washington photo from dr john c calhoun jr
on sept 17 the texas sea grant college program at texas a&m university will celebrate its 50th anniversary for half a century the program has supported science and stewardship on the texas coast by funding coastal and marine research and bringing data-driven resources to coastal communities through its coast-wide extension program texas sea grant uses research outreach and education programs to benefit the citizens businesses and communities of texas its mission is to improve understanding wise use and stewardship of texas coastal and ocean resources this unique program unites the resources of the federal government the state of texas industry and universities across the state it is funded through the national sea grant college program ­ part of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa) the texas legislature and texas a&m university sea grant history and texas a&m universitys sea grant designation the national sea grant college program modeled its structure after the land grant college program established in 1862 by the morrill act land grants allowed states to develop agriculture and mechanical colleges over time land grant colleges developed research extension and education efforts after its inception in the early 1960s by inventor and scientist dr athelstan spilhaus the sea grant concept quickly gained momentum among academics and influential politicians public support and the success of the land grant program inspired passage of the national sea grant college act of 1966 signed into law by president lyndon b johnson texas a&m's budding program in oceanography and success as a land grant institution made it the natural choice for sea grant designation according to earl rudder former president of texas a&m designation of texas a&m recognizes the breadth and quality of the universitys programs in oceanography coastal engineering food resources and related areas a significant factor in texas a&ms designation as a sea grant college was the college of geosciences particularly the department in oceanography established in 1949 the department assisted the state of texas with emerging challenges in the gulf of mexico the mission and aspirations of the sea grant college program aligned with the efforts of the college of geosciences and made the college the ideal home for texas sea grant where the program resides to this day in 1968 the national science foundation awarded texas a&m a $475 000 grant to establish a sea grant program then in 1971 texas a&m became one of four universities (in addition to oregon state university university of rhode island and university of washington) to be officially designated a sea grant university today there are 34 sea grant programs across the united states and its territories
texas governor mark white (right) presents a plaque to texas sea grant director freenan d jennings (left) designating july 1 1984 – july 1 1985 the year of the ocean affirming the states commitment to the ocean and its resourcesprofessor emeritus dr sammy ray (pictured) credited texas sea grants funding of texas a&ms marine biology laboratory as a contributing factor to its development into texas a&m university at galveston rays efforts were also instrumental in texas a&ms sea grant designation photo by norman martintexas sea grant fisheries specialist gary graham (right) working with texas parks and wildlife department to research bycatch (or catch of non-target species) on a shrimp boat in 1997 photo by stephan myers
the 57-foot former working shrimp boat known as the karma served as texas sea grants floating classroom texas sea grant welcomed students of all ages aboard to learn about wildlife water quality marine transportation and moretexas sea grant extension agent terrie looney speaking with the jefferson and chambers counties communities after hurricane iketexas sea grant extension agent tony reisinger and dr jinha jung attempting to identify red tide blooms photo by seth patterson
serving texas science and stewardship throughout its history texas sea grant has funded faculty at texas universities to study numerous issues significant to the texas coast and its people these topics include droughts floods fish kills shrimp diseases marine debris oil spills oyster reef collapse sea turtle deaths hurricanes ocean acidification and many other emerging issues of concern to texas coastal communities and economies the early years of texas sea grant focused on building capacity in texas university academic programs to develop undergraduate and graduate teaching programs and support seminal research said dr pamela t plotkin director of texas sea grant this grew the research enterprise in the state and launched careers of faculty and trained graduate students in various disciplines from coastal engineering to marine aquaculture ultimately the research texas sea grant funds produces necessary information to create tangible solutions which the program actively helps texans implement through our outreach and education programs 50 years after its founding texas sea grant continues to uphold its commitment as we look forward to the next 50 years texas needs will continue to evolve and so will our adaptation strategies but our purpose will remain the same said plotkin texas sea grant will still look to challenges with optimism and create opportunities that better the lives of texans celebrating sea grant the history and current works of texas sea grant are on display in the george bush presidential library and museum information on re-opening and hours of operation can be found at bush41org anyone interested in learning more about the history of texas sea grant can read the latest issue of texas shores magazine and look for #txsghistory on social media additionally texas sea grant will host a special birthday celebration seaside chat webinar on sept 17 at 3 pm via zoom recounting its history with long-time staff attendees can register online at txag/txsgseasidechats to celebrate the programs birthday texas sea grant asks that individuals support the texas coast by choosing sustainable seafood respecting local wildlife reducing the use of plastic and making safety a priority at the beach media contact: sara carney communications manager texas sea grant scarney@tamuedu 713-435-9585
alyssa alsante named a texas a&m cirtl teaching as research fellowoceanography graduate student alyssa alsante was awarded a fellowship from the texas a&m center for the integration of research teaching and learningaug 4 2021online learning has increased in popularity most significantly over the last 18 months the ongoing pandemic underscores how important alternative learning methods can be alyssa alsante oceanography graduate student at texas a&m university and one of this years center for the integration of research teaching and learning (cirtl) teaching as research (tar) fellows hopes to learn more about how online formats affect student learning serving as a teaching assistant for both the online and in-person sections of oceanography laboratory (ocng) 252 alsante will be able to compare the two learning environments with direct input from her students she can also leverage the tools available to teachers to better measure student engagement with the material online students may not spend as much time using web-based lab modules as they would if it were in person alsante said it will be important to determine if students are succeeding in both modalities and suggest improved teaching strategies for online courses in the future to promote student success alsante will have the support of dr chrissy wiederwohl instructional associate professor in the department of oceanography and the primary investigator on this project wiederwohl oversees the lab and teaches the oceanography majors section of the corresponding lecture ocng 251 when alyssa approached me about working together on this project i was immediately on-board wiederwohl said student success is something i think about a lot with my classes this research will help us better understand how we can modify the class to maximize student learning the center awards a stipend to teaching as research fellows after hitting certain milestones in their project equaling up to $1 000 the fellowship enables graduate students to experiment with teaching methods in real class settings under the guidance of a faculty mentor in their field of study i am starting my project in the fall semester and may extend into spring semester depending on online enrollment and student interest in participating in the study alsante said then i will write a report that will be available to faculty and teaching assistants at the university and present my findings at a scientific conference where my results may be implemented in future teaching practices ideally the project will also result in a peer-reviewed publication the final milestone of the tar fellowship program i am excited to work with dr wiederwohl in the tar program to understand how online courses could be affecting student learning and improve our online courses in the future by justin agan ‘18
online learning has increased in popularity most significantly over the last 18 months the ongoing pandemic underscores how important alternative learning methods can be alyssa alsante oceanography graduate student at texas a&m university and one of this years center for the integration of research teaching and learning (cirtl) teaching as research (tar) fellows hopes to learn more about how online formats affect student learning serving as a teaching assistant for both the online and in-person sections of oceanography laboratory (ocng) 252 alsante will be able to compare the two learning environments with direct input from her students she can also leverage the tools available to teachers to better measure student engagement with the material online students may not spend as much time using web-based lab modules as they would if it were in person alsante said it will be important to determine if students are succeeding in both modalities and suggest improved teaching strategies for online courses in the future to promote student success alsante will have the support of dr chrissy wiederwohl instructional associate professor in the department of oceanography and the primary investigator on this project wiederwohl oversees the lab and teaches the oceanography majors section of the corresponding lecture ocng 251 when alyssa approached me about working together on this project i was immediately on-board wiederwohl said student success is something i think about a lot with my classes this research will help us better understand how we can modify the class to maximize student learning the center awards a stipend to teaching as research fellows after hitting certain milestones in their project equaling up to $1 000 the fellowship enables graduate students to experiment with teaching methods in real class settings under the guidance of a faculty mentor in their field of study i am starting my project in the fall semester and may extend into spring semester depending on online enrollment and student interest in participating in the study alsante said then i will write a report that will be available to faculty and teaching assistants at the university and present my findings at a scientific conference where my results may be implemented in future teaching practices ideally the project will also result in a peer-reviewed publication the final milestone of the tar fellowship program i am excited to work with dr wiederwohl in the tar program to understand how online courses could be affecting student learning and improve our online courses in the future by justin agan ‘18
fires drought slamming much of western ustexas a&m climate expert andrew dessler says climate change is playing a big role in the western fires and texas itself is getting much hotteraug 2 2021fire information officer jacob welsh leads a media tour on the northern front of the bootleg fire on july 23 2021 near silver creek oregon image credit: mathieu lewis-rolland/getty imagesextreme heat waves and severe drought have been hammering the western united states for weeks and its a problem that was easily predicted says a texas a&m university climate expert andrew dessler professor and the reta haynes chair in geosciences at texas a&m said the western us is getting pounded with a double whammy: some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in the region – as high as 118 degrees in some areas – and a drought that is reaching historic levels add global warming and climate change to the mix and its a recipe that scientists have seen coming for years climate scientists have been predicting that if we add a lot of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere we will see more intense heat waves more intense precipitation events rising sea levels ocean acidification and so on dessler said well we added a lot of greenhouse gases and now everything that we predicted is taking place thus we can state with some confidence that the events were seeing in the west – heatwaves drought fires – are all made worse by climate change it is important to note that climate change does not cause them but makes these events more intense there are currently 82 fires burning in the west and they have destroyed 169 million acres of land in 13 states in oregon drought conditions helped make way for the bootleg fire to become the nations largest burning over 413 00 acres it is only about 50 percent contained california has been especially hard hit with six active wildfires that have burned 347 616 acres so far the fires in california have burned almost four times the number of acres as this time last year they are mired in a terrible drought right now so their present conditions might not be a new normal dessler said of the california and oregon situation but it does seem clear that the western us needs to adapt to a drier future california has 7 500 public water systems and many of them are facing the worst drought since at least 1977 several studies have shown that texas and the southwest could be in a mega-drought situation that could be the worst in the last 1 000 years hotter temperatures and less rainfall are predicted for the rest of this century texas is definitely getting hotter and will experience more severe heat waves in the future you can bet your mortgage on that dessler said rainfall and drought are harder to predict we can expect west texas which is a desert to get drier joining the rest of the us southwest for the part of texas along the gulf drying out is not the problem their problem is extreme precipitation which will get worse with warming he said some parts of the state should expect more heavy rain events and flooding in the future by keith randall texas a&m university division of marketing & communications
fire information officer jacob welsh leads a media tour on the northern front of the bootleg fire on july 23 2021 near silver creek oregon image credit: mathieu lewis-rolland/getty images
extreme heat waves and severe drought have been hammering the western united states for weeks and its a problem that was easily predicted says a texas a&m university climate expert andrew dessler professor and the reta haynes chair in geosciences at texas a&m said the western us is getting pounded with a double whammy: some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in the region – as high as 118 degrees in some areas – and a drought that is reaching historic levels add global warming and climate change to the mix and its a recipe that scientists have seen coming for years climate scientists have been predicting that if we add a lot of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere we will see more intense heat waves more intense precipitation events rising sea levels ocean acidification and so on dessler said well we added a lot of greenhouse gases and now everything that we predicted is taking place thus we can state with some confidence that the events were seeing in the west – heatwaves drought fires – are all made worse by climate change it is important to note that climate change does not cause them but makes these events more intense there are currently 82 fires burning in the west and they have destroyed 169 million acres of land in 13 states in oregon drought conditions helped make way for the bootleg fire to become the nations largest burning over 413 00 acres it is only about 50 percent contained california has been especially hard hit with six active wildfires that have burned 347 616 acres so far the fires in california have burned almost four times the number of acres as this time last year they are mired in a terrible drought right now so their present conditions might not be a new normal dessler said of the california and oregon situation but it does seem clear that the western us needs to adapt to a drier future california has 7 500 public water systems and many of them are facing the worst drought since at least 1977 several studies have shown that texas and the southwest could be in a mega-drought situation that could be the worst in the last 1 000 years hotter temperatures and less rainfall are predicted for the rest of this century texas is definitely getting hotter and will experience more severe heat waves in the future you can bet your mortgage on that dessler said rainfall and drought are harder to predict we can expect west texas which is a desert to get drier joining the rest of the us southwest for the part of texas along the gulf drying out is not the problem their problem is extreme precipitation which will get worse with warming he said some parts of the state should expect more heavy rain events and flooding in the future by keith randall texas a&m university division of marketing & communications
dr oliver frauenfeldsea ice melting in the arctic ocean (photo credits: nasa/kathryn hansen)