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There’s no one way to build a career in STEM. 🌊🔬🌱⚓

At the Blue Horizon Summit, one of our panels will explore the many pathways you can take to achieve a career in STEM, hosted by the illustrious @famu_1887 🐍🧡💚

We’re excited to hear perspectives from across academia, entrepreneurship, and community impact, including:

🎓 Dr. De'Marcus Robinson: Postdoctoral Researcher
🔬 Dr. Natalie Arnett: Associate Professor
⚓ Captain Maranda Douglas: CEO & Founder of Top Nauts, helping more people get on the water through boat rentals and yacht charters
🌱 Camille Hadley: CEO & Founder of Little Growers Inc., preparing youth and communities for climate resilience through gardening, STEM learning, and environmental justice

Come hear how they built their careers and what they’ve learned along the way at the Blue Horizon Summit!

#FortheOcean #BIMSWeek #BlueHorizonSummit #BlackinMarineScience

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10 years ago, I was accepted into a Pathway to PhD program, dove for the first time on a coral reef in French Polynesia, and my life was forever changed.

A few weeks ago, I wore the rashguard from the program that helped start it all as I led an expedition with the National Geographic Exploration Technology Lab to support the Marine Spatial Plan in Barbados. Thank you to Richard Suckoo for believing in this project and helping build an amazing project and expedition team. Thank you, @jonathagiddens, for your immense knowledge, kind spirit, and the many sleepless nights you put toward this project and your overall work with the Lab. Thank you to the crew for navigating the seas flawlessly and keeping us laughing no matter the surge.

Because of that pathways program, I pursued my PhD and conducted most of my dissertation research in Barbados, on the island that supported and built my ancestors. These waters helped me find my calling, and now I hope this expedition and research will help save and support the ecosystems.

These pictures represent the full-circle moment of how one internship can impact a career in science, and I thank Dr. Paul Barber for the opportunity that helped me find my calling and connect even more with the island that helped shape me.

@fisheriesdivisionbarbados
@nccbarbados
@natgeosociety
@czmubarbados

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#ThrowbackThursday Be Out Day DC Edition 🙂‍↕️!

WASSUP DMV 👋🏾📍… Let Me Give You A Little History Lesson On “Be Out Day DC” 🔥 & How One Event Changed My Life 🥹!

What Started As A FAMULy Cookout 🐍 Has Grown Into An All-Inclusive Celebration That Welcomes HBCU Alumni, Students, Families, Friends, And Supporters From Across The DMV And Beyond 🫶🏾🗺️📚🙌🏾!

And To Now Come Back As The Host Makes This Moment Even More Special 🎤🥹✨!

If You’re In The DMV 📍… Pull Up To Anacostia Park This Saturday Starting At 12 PM For The Inaugural Be Out Day DC 🔥… A Time Of Community 🫂, Connection 🤝🏾, & Culture ✊🏾!

#CHAZAM #BeOutDayDC #FAMU #DMV

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A time was HADDDD! The amazing event hosted by @dralyssacombs and @jointhesocialgap connected me with incredible Black leaders advancing justice-centered conservation in Atlanta and beyond. Black folks are brilliant, I love us.

1. S/o to @aj3report!

2. The brilliant DOCTOR @dralyssacombs. BTW she has her PhD in environmental design/architecture, and uses the power of mapping (and more) to advance justice!!

3. SO thrilled to meet @girlplusenvironment founder @diamondciara - I’ve been following her awesome work for a long time!!!

4. Dr. Representative @jasmine4ga is a professor and scientist at Emory University, GA state Rep, and is about to be the first Black woman PhD scientist in Congress!! So grateful for her generosity to get more scientists and young Black folks running for office.

5. THEEEE Tonya Hicks @shedoeverything!!! Cold!! She owns her own electrical engineering company, and is one of the less than 2% of electrical engineers that are Black women. She’s making sure it doesn’t stay that way by creating opportunities for young Black folks! Got to hear her speak at an @nwfearthtomorrow celebration and had goosebumps the whole time.

6. DUDEEE it’s DOCTOR DeMarcus @droceanographer who is an amazing marine biologist I’ve followed for years!! Such a great surprise to finally meet you!!!

Amazing time 🖤 Photo of Alyssa holding a sign with a dj and Atlanta skyline in the background

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May Dumpy Dump Pt.1

This post and these pictures don’t even represent anything close to the fullness of the love and gratitude I feel towards my family, friends/ framily, “The Guys”, BOK, community… those in attendance and unable to attend. The support and love these past 2 years has propelled me to this point, and my hope and prayer is that it continues to grow stronger through the next phase of my journey.

Signed,

Kendall JaVon Harris, M.S.
The HigherEd Rattler’nole

P.S. @instagram @meta only allow 20 tags 🫩😒 knowing doggon well I got more than 20 people to tag🙄 post

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I promise this is one of my favorite South Florida Events now .

@touchgrasswfriends doesn’t owe me anything but a rematch, Grandma not mad she just hurt!
#fyp #thingstodoinsouthflorida #gym

Follow my TikTok @Itsashleemonet for more event recaps

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🌊✨ BIMS is Making Major Waves! This month’s wins have been nothing short of inspiring and we’re just getting started!

Members, do you have something to celebrate? Whether it’s graduating, landing an internship, presenting your research, or just making it through a tough week, we want to hype YOU up! Submit your achievements at the link in bio to be featured in our next Making Waves post. Let’s celebrate every win, big or small!

#BlackinMarineScience #MarineScience #OceanScience #MarineBiology #FortheOcean

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De'Marcus Robinson has been with CDLS since the beginning. As an incoming graduate student in the Fall of 2018, De'Marcus was on the hunt for a community that could support his interest in working on environmental justice issues. He found that community immediately with CDLS.

Now, De’Marcus holds a PhD in Oceanography, has completed a highly prestigious Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (@seagrant_noaa) where he served on the White House Council of Environmental Quality, and is completing his postdoctoral position in a joint position between @NOAA and @FAMU.

CDLS provided De’Marcus with the opportunities to pursue his graduate education and gain skill development in science communication, science policy acumen, and the chance to work on environmental justice projects in communities that CDLS serves.

De’Marcus is just one of many fellows that CDLS has supported, and we are honored that he continues to support us. But without funding to support our fellowships, we won’t be able to continue cultivating the community of reciprocity where fellows — new and old — will be able to work on projects close to their hearts.

Connect. Share. Donate. #SaveCDLS

Visit our bio to learn more about how you can help save our center.

#30Days30Fellows
#SaveOurCenter
#ScienceServiceAction

#SeaGrant #NOAA #KnaussFellowship #Knauss #KnaussFellow #Fellow #Weather #Climate #Policy #Research #EarlyCareer

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There’s a place for EVERYONE in STEM—even if you don’t like to swim! 🏊🏾‍♂️❌🚫

Whether you’re on a research vessel 🚢 or analyzing data at home 🏠💻, you’re helping us understand our planet better! 🌍✨

You don’t have to be at sea to study the sea. 🌊 Dr. Robinson explains that “Dry Oceanographers” are making huge waves from the comfort of their homes using coding and data analysis! 📊

🖥️ “Dry Oceanography” is the perfect mix of tech and nature. 🤖🌱 If you love coding and the environment, this might be the path for you! 💻🌊🙌🏾

Check out the link in our bio to watch the STEM career spotlight of Dr. De’Marcus Robinson! 🔗🎥🥼
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#Biology #Coding #DataScience #blackexcellence #FutureScientists 👩🏾‍🔬👨🏾‍🔬

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What does an Oceanographer actually do? 🤔

It’s more than just looking at water! 🧪 Oceanography breaks down how biology, chemistry, and physics all meet at the shoreline. Dr. Robinson shows us that STEM can take you anywhere—even to the bottom of the sea! 🌊

🤘🏾🐍 Stay curious and keep exploring.
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#Oceanography #MarineScience #scientist #Ocean #MarineBiology

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The best fraternity in the world is definitely Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated! 🤘🏾 From the yard to the lab, Dr. De’Marcus Robinson is keeping that Blue and White spirit alive. 💙🕊️

Drop a 🔵 ⚪ if you’re reppin’ for the Blue and White family!
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#PhiBetaSigma #GOMAB #famu #pbs1914 #ZetaPhiBeta

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It’s world fisheries day, and we’re celebrating with 4 amazing fisheries scientists! Who else is a fisheries scientist out there?🎉

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