MSI Involvement Across OSU

OSU Community Collaboration 

The Marine Studies Initiative was an interdisciplinary effort that cohesively involved each of Oregon State’s 11 colleges, the Honors College, the university’s Graduate School, the Hatfield Marine Science Center, and the Port Orford Field Station.

Boat wheel of all eleven colleges

 

All University involvement 

Hatfield Marine Science Center

Involvement in each of the colleges:

 

  • Ocean11 marine club- Collection Tours 
  • Advancement Award:
    • Pernot Microbiology Summer Camp to Visit and Engage with Scientists and Stakeholders at Hatfield Marine Station- Rebecca Vega Thurber
    • Enhancing Student Engagement in Marine Studies Through Coastal Experiences- Francis Chan
  • Eder Family Dungeness Crab Research Fund:
    • Researching to improve our ability to forecast landings based on pre-season crab surveys, improving the economic health of the fishery- Will White, Sarah Henkel, and Francis Chan

    • Understanding crab movement in varied habitats and how it relates to food availability- Sarah Henkel

  • OSU Provost MSI faculty hire- Marine Evolutionary Systems Biologist, Felipe Barreto 

  • MSI partner faculty hire- Benthic Ecologist, Sarah Henkel

  • Courses at the Coast:

    • Introduction to Marine Life in the Sea: Marine Habitats (BI 111)

    • Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems (BI 353)

    • Marine and Estuarine Invertebrate Biology (Z 461)

 

  • Food From the Sea
  • Sustainable Aquaculture graduate certificate
  • Joint OSU-NOAA “Ocean Ecologist” faculty hire
  • Ocean Stewards of Today and Tomorrow-  Taylor Chapple
  • Ocean11- Collection Tours 
  • Advancement Award
    • Looking through the lens: Combing community science and photography to gain insight on the diets of tufted puffins and other marine birds on the Oregon Coast- Rachael Orben
    • Incorporating Indigenous Youth into Knowledge of Apex Predator Ecology- Jessica Shulte
  • MMI-MSI supported hires 
  • Eder Family Dungeness Crab Research Fund:
    • Researching to improve our ability to forecast landings based on pre-season crab surveys, improving the economic health of the fishery- Will White, Sarah Henkel, and Francis Chan

    • Observing the presence of harmful algae on Heceta Bank, Oregon and its relation with domoic acid- Xiuning Du

  • OSU Provost MSI faculty hire- Marine and Coastal Economics and Ecosystems, Steve Dundas

  • MSI partner faculty hire:

    • Marine Pollution, Susanne Brander

    • Shark Ecologist, Taylor Chapple

    • Cetacean Ecologist, Mauricio Cantor

    • Cetacean Ecologist, Kate Stafford 

  • Courses at the Coast:

    • Seminar: Marine Science (FW 407)

    • Natural History of Whales and Whaling (FW 419)

    • Coastal Ecology and Resource Management (FW 426/526)

    • Marine Conservation Biology (FW 464)

    • Methods in Physiology and Behavior of Marine Megafauna (FW 469/569)

    • Introduction to Marine Life in the Sea: Marine Birds and Mammals (FW 113)

    • Biology and Conservation of Marine Mammals (FW 302)

    • Phycology (BOT 417/517)

    • Food From the Sea (FW 324)

    • Field Techniques for Marine Mammal Conservation (FW 301)

    • Ecology of Marine and Estuarine Birds (FW 331)

 

  • Marine Studies Degree- MAST
  • The Search for Oregon’s Lost Coast
  • Captain Ronald and Maryellen Tipper Marine Studies Scholarship
  • Ocean Stewards
  • On the Wing/OSU Productions 
  • Marine Studies Minors
  • Design Call for marine themed art for MSI Office
  • Advancement Award: The Creative Coast- Michael Boonstra
  • Oregon State University Meistersingers
  • Art 199 Gyotaku Printing class
  • Internships
  • Eugene and Linda Williams Marine Studies Scholarship
  • OSU Provost MSI Faculty hire: Marine Policy, Ana Spalding 
  • Courses at the Coast:
    • Special Topics: Creative Coast (ART 399/499/599)
    • Special topics: ST/ Gyotaku & the Changing Coast (ART 199/399)

 

  • Earth Science- Ocean Science option
  • Food From the Sea
  • Salmon Bowl
  • Ocean11- collection tours
  • OSU Provost MSI Faculty hire- Geospatial Intelligence, Climate Change Adaptation, and Coastal Processes, Jamon Van Den Hoek
  • MSI partner faculty hire- OSU-NOAA Ecosystem Oceanographer, Jessica Garwood
  • Courses at the Coast:
    • Oregon Coast Math Camp ( OC 515)
    • Observing Climate (ATS 295)
    • Introduction to Field Oceanography- SEA (OC 296)
    • Oceanography (OC 201)
    • Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography (OC 433/533)
    • Biological Oceanography (OC 340)

 

  • Internships 
    • Dulse 
    • FishPeople 
    • Local Ocean

 

  • Engineering internships
  • Roundhouse Foundation Marine Studies Program Innovation Lab Scholarship & Internship Fund
  • Courses at the Coast:
    • Sensors in the Wild: Oceans

 

Medicines from the Sea Webinar and Panel

 

  • Forage Fish Workshop
  • Food From the Sea
  • Critical Research Needs for Forage Fish Within Inner Shelf Marine Ecosystems publication

 

  • Microbiology Internship (Carla Schubiger)
  • Advancement Award: Diseases of Marine Mammals- Carla Schubiger

 

  • Fisherman First Aid Internship
  • Fisherman First Aid at Sea

  • Eder Family Dungeness Crab Research Fund: Building capacity for fishermen first aid safety training- Laurel Kincl and Viktor Bovbjerg

 

Advancement Award: (Re)defining Coastal-Community Resilience for Post-Disaster Recovery Travel- Shawn Rowe