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High school students 16+ apply by 1/21 for 4-6-week paid summer internships at #BlueEconomy worksites like @Wormy_Sturgeon Fisheries Ecology lab at GCRL. WARNING: Participants might get wet! Learn more: usm-gensea.org/internships. #GenSea #STEMjobs #Internships #Mississippi #WetJobs

GenSea’s Patrick Kirby presented at NMEA 2024-Boston: Wicked Good Marine Education, sharing the good news about STEM workforce development programming with national leaders in marine education. #NMEA2024 #GenSea #STEMeducation #MarineEducation #STEMjobs

Keeping the #Pride going all year! Center Pride logo created by GenSea intern Destiny Fairley of Belzoni, MS. #SMTTT #Pride2024 #EqualityMatters #AccelerateAcceptance #ShowYourPride #centered

The Center is all about leveraging partnerships! Here the EPA’s Tasheena Powers works on resume building with high school students at @CoastalUSM as part of GenSea’s summer internship program. Everyone working together will get #ToTheTop! #GenSea #jobskills #STEMjobs #interns

“To be competitive in the world economy, we had better step up our game.” See how the Center’s JROTC STEM Leadership Academy is doing just that, and now being introduced in school systems around the country thanks to funding from @DoDstem. youtube.com/watch?v=3JFd47ES… #JROTC #STEMjobs

Thinking about grad school? We offer a Certificate in STEM Education, along with traditional MS and PhD programs. We have limited assistantships available that provide full tuition and a 9-month stipend. #STEMed #SMTTT @USMArtsSciences @CoastalUSM

GenSea Class of ’24 interns kicked off their summer at an event at @CoastalUSM last night! These high school students spend 4 to 6 weeks immersed in #blueeconomy careers. #GenSea #Interns #workforcedevelopment #blueeconomy @USMArtsSciences

We are pleased to announce that Drs. @RachelGisewhite and @MFGWallace have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of STEM Education in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi! #ToTheTop #tenure #centered @USMArtsSciences

GenSea shows kids job possibilities in the blue! Thanks to @Wormy_Sturgeon for showing us the way! #GenSea #STEMjobs #BlueEconomy #STEMeducation #centered #ToTheTop #workforcedevelopment @CoastalUSM @USMArtsSciences @soseusm

St. Stanislaus HS marine science students had a great day behind the gates at Stennis touring @SOSEUSM & the Naval Research Lab to learn about the wide variety of research careers right here in #Mississippi. #GenSea #ToTheTop #STEMjobs

Physics students from Starkville toured Aerojet Rocketdyne this week, leaving fingerprints on Artemis mission engines while learning about why NASA facilities are always near large bodies of water. Rocket engines need water to keep them from overheating! #GenSea #ToTheMoon

GenSea puts Mississippi kids to work! Today Pass Christian visited the Pascagoula River Audubon Center to learn about conservation careers, then to Moss Point CTE Aquaculture Program, where they went to work crushing oyster shells to build the crawfish habitat. #STEMjobs #work

The GenSea team will be at the Golden Nugget representing Center programs at the Mississippi Science Teachers’ Association Conference. Come say hey and get a Hydrography career poster for your classroom! #SMTTT #MSTA #GenSea #STEM #STEMed #WorkforceDevelopment #STEMJobs

GenSea is looking for a little help! Do you have K12 or other outreach experience and love working with kids? This position involves part-time coordination of our very busy field trip program. Apply at usm.csod.com/ats/careersite/… #GenSea #workforcedevelopment #ToTheTop #SMTTT

What doors will #GenSea open? St. Martin HS students explored careers in shipbuilding today while visiting @WeAreHII and @MSMaritimeCenter. #STEMeducation #ToTheTop #SMTTT #Shipbuilding #workforcedevelopment