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From: J <[email protected]> To: Richard Kahn Subject: Fwd: program information Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:09:22 +0000 Forwarded message ----- From: Erika Kellerhals Date: Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 8:59 AM Subject: Fwd: program information To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Charitable donation idea!! Erika A. Kellerhals Member Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin PLLC 9053 Estate Thomas, Suite 101 St. Thomas VI 00802 Office: 340 779 2564 Cell: 340 201 6621 Begin forwarded message: From: Kristin Wilson Grimes Date: December 14, 2018 at 8:58:10 AM EST To: ' Subject: program information Good morning, Here is some information about the SEAS Your Tomorrow Program at the University of the Virgin Islands. The SEAS Your Tomorrow Program at the University of the Virgin Islands is a career pathway program designed to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the marine sciences and to engage more Virgin Islanders to become interested in the ocean sciences. It includes (1) field experiences in the marine sciences for middle and high school students through the Youth Ocean Explorers Program (a 4-week summer program), (2) early field research and professional internship experiences for UVI college students in marine science fields (6 week summer program, partners include The Nature Conservancy, Ocean & Coastal Observing, Virgin Islands, among others), and (3) the Bridge to the Ph.D. Program with Penn State University (8 week summer program where Masters in Marine & Environmental Science from UVI travel to Penn State to receive additional training at an RI institution (Pennsylvania State University). Across program components, participants receive mentoring, career planning, and family support programming to support student success. Major funders of this EFTA01013606 program have included the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. Visit our website at: http://www.seasyourtomorrow.org/ or watch our video (also on our website) https://www.youtube.corn/watch?v=petoqniryl Highlights from the first two years of the program include: • SEAS Your Tomorrow was able to leverage additional funds and community partnerships to secure funding for 1 additional year through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Education, Environmental Education Local Grants Program for Region 2 in the amount of $100,000 with $33,333 in matching funds from the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. • $53,500 in additional funding from private business and two local family foundations were secured to support the Youth Ocean Explorers program in July 2018 ($38,500 from Tropical Shipping; $5,000 from the Prior Family Foundation; $10,000 from the Lana Vento Charitable Trust). • 2017 SEAS Your Tomorrow Bridge Program fellow, Katharine Egan, successfully defended her Masters thesis in December 2018 and was selected as a 2019 finalist for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Knauss Fellowship Program and placed into NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration & Research where she will work for the next year. • Three of 8 SEAS Your Tomorrow Bridge Program fellows have applied to Ph.D. programs as a result of their participation in the Program (2017 and 2018 cohorts combined). An additional three fellows state their intention to apply, but have not yet at the time of this report. • 2017 SEAS Your Tomorrow undergraduate researcher, Jendahye Antoine, was selected as one of eight, undergraduate scholarship recipients nationally for NOAA's 2018-2019 Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions. This program provides NOAA intemships across two summers, one- on-one-mentoring with NOAA professionals, plus up to $45,000 for two academic years to support tuition and fees, attend a conference where their research is presented, and other allowable expenses. Jendahye will be attending the 2019 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceangraphy's Aquatic Sciences Meeting in February 2019 where she will present her coral reef research with Dr. Marilyn Brandt. While she was a SEAS fellow, Jendahye worked with mentors from NOAA through the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program and with Dr. Marilyn Brandt on an NSF EAGER Award (#1712540) focused on coral reef ecology. • SEAS Your Tomorrow Youth Ocean Explorers 2017 mentor, VerNele Callwood, is now a freshman at the University of the Virgin Islands, majoring in Marine Biology. SEAS Your Tomorrow Youth Ocean Explorers 2018 mentor, Kevin Callwood is now a freshman at Albany State College, majoring in Biology. Please let me know if you need additional information or if I can answer any questions. Checks should be made out to the University of the Virgin Islands. The memo line should state, "SEAS Your Tomorrow, Kristin Grimes PI." The University closes today until January 2, 2019, so no one will be here to EFTA01013607 receive and process the check until the new year — hopefully that isn't a problem. Thank you for thinking of our program! Best regards, KWG Kristin Wilson Grimes, Ph.D. Director, Virgin Islands Water Resources Research Institute Research Assistant Professor of Watershed Ecology Center for Marine & Environmental Studies University of the Virgin Islands #2 John Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas, VI 00802 Ph. 340-693-1392 please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA01013608