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t's a season of change for North 

 Carolina Sea Grant. Three highly valued 

 extension specialists — with combined service 

 of nearly 75 years — are bidding farewell to Sea 

 Grant. 



Lundie Spence, marine education special- 

 ist, now heads the SouthEast Center for Ocean 

 Science Education Excellence, serving North 

 Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; Jim Ba- 

 hen, fisheries specialist in the Wilmington office, 

 and Wayne "Smiley" Wescott, fisheries specialist 

 in the Manteo office, are retiring. 



"They will be missed," says Ronald G. 

 Hodson, Sea Grant director. "It is difficult to 

 calculate the cumulative impact they have had on 

 advancing the Sea Grant mission over the years." 



Hodson expresses confidence in the three 

 new staff members who will step into their posts. 



"They have not missed a beat in picking up 

 where their predecessors left off. They bring a 

 tremendous amount of talent and energy to Sea 

 Grant," Hodson says. 



The three new staff members are no strang- 

 ers to the Sea Grant mission: 



Herri Kirby Hatbaway is tak- 

 ing on marine education duties, fresh from 18 

 years as education curator at the North Carolina 

 Aquarium on Roanoke Island. She will be based 

 in Manteo. 



"I'm excited because I know what Lundie 

 has done for and with Sea Grant, especially for 

 teachers across the state and country." 



Through the years, Hathaway collaborated 

 with Spence on a number of projects, includ- 

 ing Operation Pathfinder and Paddle to the Sea 

 — field experiences for teachers interested in 

 marine education. 



At the aquarium, she was responsible for 

 developing and conducting programs, supervis- 

 ing staff, writing and editing publications, devel- 

 oping budgets, and making presentations. But, 



By Pam Smith 



as her aquarium job grew more administrative, 

 she became somewhat removed from working 

 directly with teachers. 



"My talents run in personal interaction, 

 so I am excited about planning and conducting 

 teacher workshops," Hathaway says. 



She is interested in reaching out to elemen- 

 tary school teachers, pre-K through 

 fifth grade. Elementary teacher 

 preparation requires proficiency 

 in teaching math and reading, she 

 explains. However, they are 

 expected to be strong in teaching all 

 classroom subjects, and many feel 

 ill-prepared to teach science. 



"I want to provide the skills 

 they need to be comfortable in 

 teaching ocean science," Hathaway 

 says. 



She promises her teacher 

 workshops will be stricdy hands-on. 

 'Tearning is more effective if we 

 can see, touch, hear and taste the 

 subject," Hathaway says. She be- 

 lieves teachers are better prepared to 

 teach marine science if they have an 

 opportunity to become experiential 

 "students." 



First, though, she plans to con- 

 duct a statewide needs assessment to 

 narrow down what the teachers need 

 — and how Sea Grant can help. 

 It's a huge task, but she won't have 

 to start from scratch. She'll adapt 

 survey instruments developed and 

 implemented by Ohio and Delaware 

 Sea Grant programs. 



Hathaway already is well-con- 

 nected to the Sea Grant National 

 Marine Educators' Network and 

 is familiar with its outreach success. She works 

 closely with Virginia Sea Grant marine education 



specialists and serves as the Adantic regional 

 coordinator for The Bridge. The online ocean 

 science resource center is maintained by Virginia 

 Sea Grant and funded by National Sea Grant. 



Hathaway also is active in marine educa- 

 tion at state, regional and national levels. She 

 has held various leadership roles in the National 



TOP: Terri Kirby Hathaway is taking on marine educa- 

 tion duties for Sea Grant. BOTTOM: Hathaway enjoys 

 personal contact with folks curious about marine life. 



20 WINTER 2004 



