Coastwatch 



COASTAL 



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 Katie Mosher 



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 Ann Green 

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The North Carolina Sea Grant College Program 



is a federal/state program that promotes 

 stewardship of our coastal and marine resources 



through research, extension and education. 

 It joined the National Sea Grant College Network 

 in 1970 as an institutional program. Six years later, 



it was designated a Sea Grant College. 

 Today, North Carolina Sea Grant supports research 

 projects, a 15-member extension program and a 

 communications staff. Ron Hodson is director. 

 The program is funded by the U.S. Department 

 of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration and the state through the 

 University of North Carolina. 

 Coastwatch (ISSN 1068-784X) 

 is published six times a year by the 

 North Carolina Sea Grant College Program, 

 North Carolina State University, Box 8605. 

 Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8605. 

 Telephone: 919/515-2454. Fax: 919/515-7095. 

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Voiland, an assistant 

 director for research 

 and extension at 

 Cornell University, 

 will take the helm of 

 North Carolina Sea 

 Grantjuly 1 . Voiland 

 will succeed current 

 Sea Grant Director 

 Ronald G. Hodson, 

 who will retire June 

 30. 



"We are 

 extremely pleased to 

 have Michael Voiland 

 join North Carolina 

 Sea Grant. His 

 national reputation 



and diverse set of skills will ensure that our 

 program continues to provide leadership on 

 coastal issues on both the state and national 

 levels," says Russ Lea, vice president for research 

 of the University of North Carolina. 



Voiland currently has a dual role as 

 assistant director for research and extension at 

 the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment 

 Station and also for Cornell Cooperative 

 Extension. 



He describes the new appointment as 

 an honor. "I am eager to be part of the North 

 Carolina Sea Grant Team — a team of program 

 staff, research faculty, partner institutions, state 

 and federal governments, and, of course, the 

 people of this great state," he says. 



"It is clear that North Carolina Sea Grant 

 is a flagship program and sets a high standard 

 among Sea Grant programs nationally," 

 Voiland adds. "My goal will be to ensure 

 that the program's research investments and 

 outreach efforts are thoughtfully targeted to 

 benefit the state's magnificent coastal resource 

 and the people who depend upon it." 



A federal/state partnership, Sea Grant 

 receives funding from the National Oceanic 

 and Atmospheric Administration through the 

 National Sea Grant College Program, as well 

 as an appropriation from the N.C. General 

 Assembly. It is one of 32 programs in the 



Michael Voiland 



national Sea Grant 

 network. 



For the past 30 

 years, Voiland has 

 served in a variety of 

 roles in New York's Sea 

 Grant and Land Grant 

 programs. "Mike has a 

 solid understanding of 

 the Sea Grant mission," 

 Hodson says. "He 

 played an effective 

 leadership role in the 

 New York program. 

 He will bring that 

 same energy to North 

 Carolina." 



In 1976, Voiland 

 began as a regional 

 extension specialist, and in 1985 was named 

 Great Lakes program coordinator. From 

 1 987 to 1 994, he was associate director and 

 extension program leader for New York Sea 

 Grant. During that time, he also twice served 

 as interim director of the program. In all of 

 these positions, Voiland played a dual role 

 working within New York Sea Grant and Cornell 

 Cooperative Extension. 



In 1994, Voiland began a six-year tenure 

 in Cornell's office of government affairs, first as 

 a senior legislative associate, then two years as 

 assistant director. 



In 2000, he moved to his current position 

 at Cornell. There he has worked with the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative 

 Extension to ensure that research and outreach 

 programs are effectively integrated. 



His focus also includes enhancing 

 evaluation and reporting processes that identify 

 program benefits and impacts. And his position 

 coordinates public information and awareness 

 activities for the experiment station. 



A New York native, he received his 

 bachelor's and master's degrees in geography 

 from the State University of New York at Albany. 

 He earned a doctorate in natural resource 

 management from the State University of New 

 York College of Environmental Science and 

 Forestry at Syracuse University. — K.M. 



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