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March 28 Monday

Mary-Catherine Martin

Riley Institute Conference Room, 284 King Street (College of Charleston Campus, between Society and Wentworth) - 3rd Floor

1:00 pm

 


Internship: "Wildlife Management Strategies on a Southeastern Coastal Wildlife Refuge"

Committee Members: Sarah Dawsey (project supervisor); Dr. Dennis Forsythe (primary advisor); Dr. Melissa Hughes; Dr. Thomas Murphy

March 29
Tuesday

Sarah Griffin

MRRI Room 145 - Department of Natural Resources, Ft. Johnson Road

9:00 am
 


Thesis: "Reef Morphology and Invertebrate Distribution at Continental Shelf Edge Reefs in the South Atlantic Bight"

Committee Members: Dr. George Sedberry (primary research advisor); Mr. M. Richard DeVoe; Dr. Leslie Sautter; Dr. Cassandra Runyon

March 30
Wednesday

Deb Laska-Shelton

MRRI Auditorium at Fort Johnson

3:00 pm
 


Thesis: "Occurrence and Distribution of Bottlenose Dolphins, (Tursiops truncatus), in the Coastal Waters of Charleston County, South Carolina"

Committee Members: Dr. Patricia Fair (primary research advisor); Dr. David Owens; Dr. Lori Schwacke; Mr. Eric Zolman

April 8
Friday

Keith McCullough

Science Center, Room 116 (GIS Lab), College of Charleston

1:00 pm
 


Internship: "GIS and Database Creation for the Charleston Transects Program"

Committee Members: Dr. Geno Olmi (project supervisor); Dr. Leslie Sautter (primary advisor); Dr. Norman Levine; Dr. Gorka Sancho

April 11
Monday

Paige Vollmer

Sea Grant Consortium Conference Room, 287 Meeting Street

10:00 am
 


Internship: "Sustainable Land-Use Planning for the Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin Region: Synthesizing Local Knowledge, Preferences, and Socioeconomics"

Committee Members: April Turner (project supervisor); Dr. Thomas Fish (primary advisor); Mr. Robert Boyles, Jr.; Ms. Saundra Upchurch

April 14
Thursday

Sara Spring

Riley Institute Conference Room, 284 King Street (College of Charleston Campus, between Society and Wentworth) - 3rd Floor

9:30 am
 


Internship: "An Analysis of Recreational Fish Tagging Data and Development of a Fish Tagging Training Program"

Committee Members: Robert Wiggers (project supervisor); Dr. A. Kem Fronabarger (primary advisor); Dr. Michael Katuna; Dr. David Whitaker

April 15
Friday

Lisa Wilson

Science Center, Room 116 (GIS Lab), College of Charleston

11:00 am


Internship: "An Assessment of Biophysical Data Available for Wilderness Areas Within the National Forest System"

Committee Members: Dr. Carl Trettin (project supervisor); Dr. Norman Levine (primary advisor); Dr. A. Kem Fronabarger; Dr. Carl Trettin

April 15
Friday

Julie Binz

Riley Institute Conference Room, 284 King Street (College of Charleston Campus, between Society and Wentworth) - 3rd Floor

3:00 pm

 


Internship: "An Assessment of the Difficulties and Opportunities Presented in Operating a Nature-Based Tourism Business"

Committee Members: Bryan Collins (project supervisor); Dr. Thomas Fish (primary advisor); Mr. Robert Boyles, Jr.; Mr. M. Richard DeVoe

April 18
Monday

Sarah Falkowski

Addlestone Library, Meeting Room 227 (second floor) - College of Charleston Campus

9:00 am
 


Thesis: "Best Management Practices for Campus Recycling Programs: The College of Charleston Recycling Manual"

Committee Members: Isabelle Tapley (primary research advisor); Dr. Tracy Burkett; Mr. Burton Callicott; ; Dr. Jeffrey Wragg

April 18
Monday

Sarah McGuire

Riley Institute Conference Room, 284 King Street (College of Charleston Campus, between Society and Wentworth) - 3rd Floor

3:45 pm
 


Internship: "Facilitating the Integration of Marine Science into the Curriculum through Product Development for K-8 Classrooms"

Committee Members: Rachel McEvers (project supervisor); Dr. Leslie Sautter (primary advisor); Ms. Jennifer Jolly Clair; Dr. Lundie Spence

April 21
Thursday

 

James Weeg

Science Center, Room 334, College of Charleston

2:00 pm
 


Internship: "Geophysical Investigation, Tier-I and -II Environmental Assessment, and Ground-Water Remediation Internship at Various Facilities in North and South Carolina"

Committee Members: Larry Fowler (project supervisor); Dr. Norman Levine (primary advisor); Dr. Timothy Callahan; Dr. Steven Jaumé

April 22
Friday

 

Chrissy Smith

MRRI Auditorium at Fort Johnson

9:00 am
 

Thesis: "The Effects of Stormwater Runoff on the Water Quality of Tidal Creeks in Charleston, South Carolina"

Committee Members: Dr. Denise Sanger (primary research advisor); Dr. Timothy Callahan; Mr. Paul Conrads; Dr. Lauren Kolowith

April 22
Friday

 

Ryan Clarke

Science Center, Room 116 (GIS Lab), College of Charleston

3:00 pm
 


Internship: "A GIS-Based Model for Prioritizing Lands Critical for Conservation within the South Carolina Lowcountry"

Committee Members: Anna Nygaard (project supervisor); Dr. Norman Levine (primary advisor); Dr. Briget Doyle; Dr. Cassandra Runyon