📸 Annual Photo Contest Results Are In! 🎉

Students, faculty, and staff showcased their creativity by submitting over 30 amazing photos to this year’s Maine Maritime Academy Photo Contest. We’re thrilled to announce the winners:

🥇 First Place: Joe Valliere
🥈 ...Second Place: Sarah Shank
🥉 Third Place: Ryan Dudley

Congratulations to our talented winners! 👏 Thank you to everyone who participated—you’ve truly captured the spirit of MMA.

#MMAPhotoContest #CreativeMindsAtMMA #MaritimeLife #CaptureTheMoment

Join us TODAY for the next Ocean Studies Seminar!

We’re excited to welcome Krisanne Baker, an ecological artist and educator, for a talk titled “How to Use Art to Promote the Marine Sciences” at 3:00 PM in Delano Auditorium. Baker, a SCIART artist, will share insights into her ...collaborations with marine scientists and the mutual benefits of blending art and science.

More information and livestream access at
https://mainemaritime.edu/ocean-studies/seminar-schedule/..

Krisanne Baker, an ocean advocacy artist and educator, combines science and art to explore and protect the “heart and lungs of the planet”—our oceans. With a background in ecological arts and over 25 years of teaching, Krisanne’s work highlights the intricate balance of ocean ecosystems, from glowing marine phytoplankton to coral reef restoration. Her passion for water advocacy and climate change research has led her to residencies, international collaborations, and awards for her groundbreaking projects. Don’t miss the chance to hear her discuss her journey and the power of art in ocean stewardship.

#OceanStudies #GuestSpeaker #ScienceEducation #artandscience #oceanadvocacy #climatechange #risingseas #oceanacidification #rightsofwater #waterislife #underwater #phytoplankton #symbiosis #GulfofMaine #GulfofMexico #ecologicalarts

Honoring Our Veterans Near and Far Today.

In addition to our on-campus Veterans Day events, students and staff from Maine Maritime Academy participated in three other ceremonies to honor veterans.

Today, members of the Drill Company from the Regiment of Midshipmen provided a color... guard for the American Merchant Marine Veterans (AMMV) at a Veterans Day ceremony at the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. The color guard proudly presented the American flag and the U.S. Merchant Marine flag during the ceremony and joined AMMV representatives to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Our participating midshipmen were: MIDN 2/C Gabriella Bowes, MIDN 2/C Meadow Hughes, MIDN 2/C Braden Pelletier, and MIDN 3/C Adam Rivera.

Additionally, Drill Company groups represented Maine Maritime Academy in both the New York City and Bangor, Maine Veterans Day Parades. We are proud to see our students honoring our veterans across the nation!

At this morning’s Veterans Day celebration on campus, during morning muster, Technical Sergeant Harrington Sauer, President of the Student Veterans Association, addressed those in attendance.

#veteransday #service #HonoringOurHeroes #ThankYouVeterans #SaluteToService #SupportOurVeterans

Join us TODAY for the next Ocean Studies Seminar!

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Pelle Robbins, a physical oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and a scientist for the Argo Program. Join us at 3:00 pm in Delano Auditorium or online for this insightful talk.

...Dr. Robbins’ presentation, ‘The Argo Program and the History of Observing Ocean Circulation with Neutrally-Buoyant Floats,’ will explore the International Argo Program’s global fleet of over 3,500 profiling floats. These floats measure in-situ ocean properties and transmit data via satellite, contributing to scientific studies, atlases, and weather forecasts worldwide. This seminar will cover how Argo operates, the evolution of neutrally-buoyant float technology, and recent innovations that enhance our ability to observe and understand the ocean.

During last summer’s 2024 training cruise, cadets and crew of the TSSOM deployed six Argo floats as part of this global collaborative effort.

More information and livestream access at https://mainemaritime.edu/ocean-studies/seminar-schedule/.

#OceanStudies #argo #STEM #GuestSpeaker #ScienceEducation