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Students Included in Annual HERA Project: The Harbor Branch Marine Mammal Research and Conservation (MMRC) program enlisted the help of student volunteers for the first time during the annual Health and Environmental Risk Assessment (HERA). In May, FAU Pre-Veterinary and Marine Biology students were asked to commit to a three-day interactive training course to learn how to safely record animal behavior through real-time in-water experience. Several of the students who successfully completed the training were called upon to assist during the annual HERA trip in June, and again for the pilot whale rescue and rehabilitation in September. The goal to include more students for in-depth training and a module-based progression training program helps to build a team of responders in the event of an intervention or mass stranding in the future.
Students Discover FAU Learning Programs: Undergraduate and graduate students recently toured FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and learned about educational programs including Semester-by-the-Sea (SBTS). Dr. Donna Devlin from FAU's department of biological sciences shared information with marine biology students about her research program that involves marine invertebrates, mangroves and insects. Several of the students who attended the tour are enrolled in SBTS for the spring semester.

[Photo caption: Donna Devlin seated at laptop with FAU marine biology students.]