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according to noaa fisheries oyster mariculture – or farming ­– generates $186 million annually in the us and now texans can take part in this emerging industry in another step forward for the texas oyster mariculture industry the texas parks and wildlife department has announced the launch of online permit applications the application allows aspiring oyster farmers to begin the process of starting up their oyster farm although oysters are a longstanding culinary tradition in texas oyster mariculture was only recently legalized with the passing of hb 1300 in 2019 this new and sustainable industry will bring premium half-shell oysters to the market texas-style along with the new industry comes new processes new ideas and new questions to help those interested in oyster mariculture texas sea grants aquaculture specialist mario marquez is here to help located at the oyster resource and recovery center in palacios he is available to assist aspiring oyster farmers through all processes from permitting to building farms to support the success of this industry marquez has extensive experience in aquaculture and oyster fisheries he is currently obtaining his phd in environmental sciences focusing on the ecosystem benefits of oyster aquaculture in oyster bay fl he was also a founder and ceo of the oyster company llc an oyster farm in northern florida im ready to help anyone that asks for my assistance when it comes to growing oysters and help them succeed marquez said learn more about the legalization of oyster mariculture in the latest issue of texas shores magazine media contact: mario marquez mmarquez42@tamuedu (850) 583-6801 sara carney communications manager scarney@tamuedu (713) 435-9585
traci 11 and curtis samford 83 at kyle field (photo courtesy of the samfords)the samford family celebrating at a texas a&m aggie ring day (photo courtesy of the samfords)
making the leap from college graduate to successful professional can be full of challenges from navigating interviews to landing a job to learning a companys culture and transitioning to life after college generations of texas a&m university college of geosciences former students have taken on world-changing careers with unique difficulties and opportunities and now thanks to a major gift from two former students todays aggies will have access to expansive and accessible career preparation services and support a generous recent gift from traci 11 and curtis samford 83 has officially established the traci ‘11 and curtis samford ‘83 geosciences career center which will be a newly renovated physical space in the eller o&m building and will serve as a satellite of the texas a&m career center we are excited for this opportunity to give back to texas a&m curtis samford said this opportunity to help students find a way to the next level in their life after college to take that next step that was very meaningful to us to help contribute to students success the center will be located on the first floor of the o&m building and construction will begin later this year it will also serve as the base of operations for the geosciences associate director of career services who will lead operations of the center i am just grateful beyond words for the vision and generosity of traci and curtis samford said dean of the college of geosciences dr debbie thomas their gift is an investment in the future careers of our students and could not have come at a more critical time a vision for the future geosciences leadership envisioned the center as a powerful way to leverage its strength as a small college providing students with the unparalleled resources to immediately connect the skills and knowledge they gain in geosciences degree programs to their future careers its very clear to me that dean thomas and the colleges faculty and staff care very much about their students and their success samford said as a member of the college advisory council ive been able to see how much the faculty really care not only that but the colleges focus on excellence in education is also inspiring
renderings of the traci ‘11 and curtis samford ‘83 geosciences career centerthe new center will be on the first floor of the o&m building
remembering gary reynolds '88 '92our thoughts are with his beloved family as we cherish his memory " said geosciences dean dr debbie thomasaug 26 2020gary reynolds and geosciences former student and texas a&m football athlete cullen gillaspia '18 (photo by chris mouchyn)jessica '88 and gary reynolds '88 '92 (image courtesy of the texas a&m foundation)reynolds served as a football operations director at texas a&m for many years (image courtesy of aggie athletics)gary reynolds 88 92 former texas a&m university college of geosciences senior director of development passed away aug 20 "with great sorrow we share the news that our dear friend and colleague gary reynolds lost his courageous battle with cancer said dr debbie thomas dean of the college of geosciences gary was so much more than our development officer; he was our friend and champion a visionary with the curiosity and passion of a geoscientist at heart garys heart and passion inspired us to do better and he forever will shape our college for the better our thoughts are with his beloved family as we cherish his memory" after earning his bachelors degree in industrial distribution from texas a&m in 1988 and his masters in educational administration in 1992 reynolds held various recruiting coaching and athletic director positions for the university of tennessee the green bay packers and the seattle seahawks before returning to aggieland for an 8-year career as texas a&ms director of football operations prior to moving into the role of associate athletics director he began serving as senior director of development for the texas a&m foundation and the college of geosciences in august of 2018 and was instrumental in recent major gifts to the college he is survived by his wife jessica and his two daughters read remembrances of reynolds in the eagle and from the texas a&m foundation and texas a&m football by leslie lee 09
gary reynolds and geosciences former student and texas a&m football athlete cullen gillaspia '18 (photo by chris mouchyn)jessica '88 and gary reynolds '88 '92 (image courtesy of the texas a&m foundation)reynolds served as a football operations director at texas a&m for many years (image courtesy of aggie athletics)
gary reynolds 88 92 former texas a&m university college of geosciences senior director of development passed away aug 20 "with great sorrow we share the news that our dear friend and colleague gary reynolds lost his courageous battle with cancer said dr debbie thomas dean of the college of geosciences gary was so much more than our development officer; he was our friend and champion a visionary with the curiosity and passion of a geoscientist at heart garys heart and passion inspired us to do better and he forever will shape our college for the better our thoughts are with his beloved family as we cherish his memory" after earning his bachelors degree in industrial distribution from texas a&m in 1988 and his masters in educational administration in 1992 reynolds held various recruiting coaching and athletic director positions for the university of tennessee the green bay packers and the seattle seahawks before returning to aggieland for an 8-year career as texas a&ms director of football operations prior to moving into the role of associate athletics director he began serving as senior director of development for the texas a&m foundation and the college of geosciences in august of 2018 and was instrumental in recent major gifts to the college he is survived by his wife jessica and his two daughters read remembrances of reynolds in the eagle and from the texas a&m foundation and texas a&m football by leslie lee 09
texas a&m storm expert says texas at peak of hurricane seasonsome experts believe storms are forming later in the season as the earth continues to get hotteraug 26 2020satellite image of hurricane laura strengthening over the gulf of mexico courtesy of noaatwo storms at once in the gulf of mexico is a rare event and presents unique problems says a texas a&m university storm expert robert korty associate professor in atmospheric sciences said that tropical storm marco and hurricane laura arriving within days of each in the gulf has not happened since sept 5 1933 when a hurricane hit brownsville texas and another hit florida both making landfall around midnight two storms in the same week divide attention and resources in responding to them korty said and if the storms affect the same part of the coast the threat from flooding is exacerbated marco has weakened but laura is now a hurricane while two storms at the same time is rare their formation this time of year is not hurricane season peaks between august and october but there may be growing evidence that the storm season is lengthening hurricane activity in the atlantic basin crests from mid-august to mid-october so we have entered the heart of the hurricane season korty said although the season formally runs from june 1 to nov 30 august september and october are by far the most active in the atlantic some experts believe that as climate change has warmed the earth considerably in the past 100 years more storms tend to form later in the season especially since water temperatures remain warmer in the fall months as the planet has warmed the length of the season may stretch a bit longer – both starting earlier and ending later korty said the early and late season storms are less likely to be intense as conditions that support their existence are often marginal hurricanes gordon (1914) kate (1985) and noel (2007) formed in november while unnamed storms formed in the same month in 1912 and 1932 and another in december in 1925 this year we had an early start with 13 named storms already several of them were short lived and weak but that is a record-breaking launch into the heart of the season korty said texas situation may be a bit different korty said texas is usually most vulnerable during the first half of the season – from june to september he said by later in the autumn upper level winds are more likely to be out of the west which tends to steer any tropical storms east of us by keith randall texas a&m university division of marketing & communications
satellite image of hurricane laura strengthening over the gulf of mexico courtesy of noaa
two storms at once in the gulf of mexico is a rare event and presents unique problems says a texas a&m university storm expert robert korty associate professor in atmospheric sciences said that tropical storm marco and hurricane laura arriving within days of each in the gulf has not happened since sept 5 1933 when a hurricane hit brownsville texas and another hit florida both making landfall around midnight two storms in the same week divide attention and resources in responding to them korty said and if the storms affect the same part of the coast the threat from flooding is exacerbated marco has weakened but laura is now a hurricane while two storms at the same time is rare their formation this time of year is not hurricane season peaks between august and october but there may be growing evidence that the storm season is lengthening hurricane activity in the atlantic basin crests from mid-august to mid-october so we have entered the heart of the hurricane season korty said although the season formally runs from june 1 to nov 30 august september and october are by far the most active in the atlantic some experts believe that as climate change has warmed the earth considerably in the past 100 years more storms tend to form later in the season especially since water temperatures remain warmer in the fall months as the planet has warmed the length of the season may stretch a bit longer – both starting earlier and ending later korty said the early and late season storms are less likely to be intense as conditions that support their existence are often marginal hurricanes gordon (1914) kate (1985) and noel (2007) formed in november while unnamed storms formed in the same month in 1912 and 1932 and another in december in 1925 this year we had an early start with 13 named storms already several of them were short lived and weak but that is a record-breaking launch into the heart of the season korty said texas situation may be a bit different korty said texas is usually most vulnerable during the first half of the season – from june to september he said by later in the autumn upper level winds are more likely to be out of the west which tends to steer any tropical storms east of us by keith randall texas a&m university division of marketing & communications
the aggie doppler radar (adrad) is located on the roof of the david g eller oceanography & meteorology building or o&m building
perched on the roof of the david g eller oceanography and meteorology building or o&m building the aggie doppler radar (adrad) sits at the highest point on campus its giant dish measuring 16 feet in diameter can be seen far and wide though many passersby strolling through central campus have seen the radar its deep history and value to texas a&m university and the atmospheric science community remain a mystery to most dr don conlee 94 an instructional professor in the department of atmospheric sciences in the texas a&m college of geosciences wants to shed light on adrads utility as an unparalleled educational tool and proud piece of aggie history dedicated to weather education a mississippi native conlee earned his bachelors degree in meteorology from the university of louisiana-monroe and enlisted in the us navy as an oceanographer and meteorologist while still on active duty he enrolled at texas a&m in 1991 to pursue a doctorate in meteorology crediting his decision to the universitys excellent reputation with service members and veterans despite having no previous ties to texas a&m he quickly came to call the university home during the three years he spent in college station like everybody who comes here i fell in love with the place conlee said after eventually retiring from service and spending time working in the private sector conlee eagerly accepted an offer to return to aggieland as a faculty member in 2009 initially brought on as an instructional professor specializing in operational meteorology conlee has deeply involved himself in adrads operation and educational programming in his 11 years as an aggie faculty member he has gained a reputation for encouraging students enthusiasm and curiosity as well as instilling solid habits for conducting scientific weather research a reputation for innovation the adrad is the only s-band doppler-capable weather radar in the country located directly on a college campus the radar on top of the o&m building today was technically built in 1962 but has been continually updated modified and refurbished to keep up with new advances in technology it was moved to its current home overlooking campus in 1973 and given doppler capability along with its current name in 1992 the origins of weather radar research at texas a&m go back to the 1950s when aggies conducted foundational research on tracking weather using radar technology researchers here did seminal work determining what wavelengths could be used for weather radar conlee said
dr don conlee instructional professor of atmospheric sciencesthe adrad is the only s-band doppler-capable weather radar in the country located directly on a college campus
kathryn shamberger named montague-center for teaching excellence scholarthe prestigious honor was awarded to the oceanography assistant professor for her innovative teachingaug 19 2020the texas a&m university center for teaching excellence (cte) recently named dr kathryn shamberger assistant professor in texas a&ms department of oceanography as the 2020 montague-center for teaching excellence scholar for the college of geosciences nominated for the honor by her colleagues shamberger has earned the respect of professors and students alike through her efforts to bring her knowledge and experience into the classroom dr shamberger has a passion for teaching and is able to truly engage her students says dr shari yvon-lewis oceanography professor and department head this award is well-deserveddrs kathryn shamberger (left) and chrissy stover wiederwohl (right) on the texas floating classroom's (tfc) r/v archimedes dr wiederwohl nominated dr shamberger for the montague-center for teaching excellence scholar award (photo by dr kathryn shamberger)started in 1991 the montague-center for teaching excellence scholars program honors a tenure-track developing faculty member from each academic college annually with a $6 500 grant shamberger hopes to use the grant to bring vibrant 360° imagery of the worlds coral reefs into the classroom id love to get some underwater coral reef videos shamberger says i proposed for this award to make a bunch of google 360 videos and incorporate them into a new coral reefs course she also explains that she wants to share the material and technologies with the other departments in the college of geosciences and the rest of the university by justin agan
the texas a&m university center for teaching excellence (cte) recently named dr kathryn shamberger assistant professor in texas a&ms department of oceanography as the 2020 montague-center for teaching excellence scholar for the college of geosciences nominated for the honor by her colleagues shamberger has earned the respect of professors and students alike through her efforts to bring her knowledge and experience into the classroom dr shamberger has a passion for teaching and is able to truly engage her students says dr shari yvon-lewis oceanography professor and department head this award is well-deserved
drs kathryn shamberger (left) and chrissy stover wiederwohl (right) on the texas floating classroom's (tfc) r/v archimedes dr wiederwohl nominated dr shamberger for the montague-center for teaching excellence scholar award (photo by dr kathryn shamberger)
started in 1991 the montague-center for teaching excellence scholars program honors a tenure-track developing faculty member from each academic college annually with a $6 500 grant shamberger hopes to use the grant to bring vibrant 360° imagery of the worlds coral reefs into the classroom id love to get some underwater coral reef videos shamberger says i proposed for this award to make a bunch of google 360 videos and incorporate them into a new coral reefs course she also explains that she wants to share the material and technologies with the other departments in the college of geosciences and the rest of the university by justin agan
oceanography graduate students receive awardsthe department of oceanography recently presented awards for teaching and researchaug 19 2020ruby schaufler with the certificate for the john wormuth memorial award for undergraduate teaching (photo by ruby schaufler)anne tamalavage with the certificate for the chapman award for graduate research (photo by anne tamalavage)graduate student awards for undergraduate teaching and research were awarded on july 14 by dr shari yvon-lewis head of the department of oceanography at texas a&m university to two graduate students: anne tamalavage and ruby schaufler schaufler earned the john wormuth memorial award for undergraduate teaching for her efforts in teaching the introduction to oceanography lab to undergraduate students ive been a ta (teaching assistant) every semester since i started graduate school so it was nice to earn an award for that because i didnt come in with any prerogative of being a teacher or working in academia schaufler says i would like to thank my advisor dr niall slowey and my students who have always been accommodating and attentive schaufler says dr wiederwohl our instructor of record does a great job of leading the tas so expectations for the course and the tas are clear she deserves a big thank you in her research schaufler uses alkenone and foraminiferal biomarker geochemical isotope analysis as a tool to quantify and examine variations in sea surface temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide she wants to create paleorecords of sea surface temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide from the late pleistocene through the present and compare them with existing records from other climatological proxies tamalavage earned the chapman award for graduate research for her work using sedimentological and geochemical proxies in paleoclimatic reconstructions using geochemical proxies (including organic matter preserved in the sediment) from cores retrieved from the bottom of sinkholes and blue holes in the caribbean she works to reconstruct past climates from 3 000 to 50 000-years-ago so our group normally works to produce paleoclimate reconstructions from the holocene the most recent geologic epoch however we recently recovered a core that dates to about 50 000 years ago during the last glacial period coupling of ocean and atmospheric changes were really dynamic during this time and we can map those changes through time using these sediment records tamalavage says i would like to acknowledge the department of oceanography and dr piers chapman for whom the award is named and former head of oceanography for recognizing graduate student research success tamalavage says id also like to thank my mentors dr patrick louchouarn and dr pete van hengstum and my collaborators most importantly my current lab mates: shawna little (of texas a&m university galveston) tyler winkler and richard sullivan tamalavage also spends some of her time volunteering on the publications committee for the american geophysical union where she hopes to be a voice for diversity initiatives and early career scientists like herself by justin agan
ruby schaufler with the certificate for the john wormuth memorial award for undergraduate teaching (photo by ruby schaufler)anne tamalavage with the certificate for the chapman award for graduate research (photo by anne tamalavage)