SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC
PO BOX 758, FALMOUTH, MA 02541 www.sea.edu

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SEA IS A GLOBAL TEACHING, LEARNING AND RESEARCH COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO THE EXPLORATION, UNDERSTANDING AND STEWARDSHIP OF MARINE AND MARITIME ENVIRONMENTS. SEA EMPOWERS STUDENTS WITH LIFE-CHANGING SEA VOYAGES OF SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL DISCOVERY, ACADEMIC RIGOR AND PERSONAL GROWTH. OUR SEA SEMESTER PROGRAM FEATURES AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM AND DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE - ON SHORE AND AT SEA ABOARD TALL SHIPS.

WINNER OF THE 2016 NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD, SEA EDUCATES AND INSPIRES OCEAN SCHOLARS, STEWARDS, AND LEADERS. SEA OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AN ADVENTURE WITH A PURPOSE, COMBINING ACADEMIC STUDIES ON SHORE WITH HANDS-ON, FIELD-BASED LEARNING AT SEA ABOARD TALL SHIP RESEARCH VESSELS.

170 UNDERGRADUATES PARTICIPATED IN SEA SEMESTER PROGRAMS: BOSTONUNIVERSITY ACCREDITED STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE OCEANENVIRONMENT. SEA SEMESTER STUDENTS ENROLLED FROM 90 DIFFERENT COLLEGESAND UNIVERSITIES. SEA AWARDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 74% OF STUDENTSENROLLED IN THE INSTITUTIONS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS, LESS THAN 10% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GAP YEAR STUDENTS WHO HAD NOT YET BEGUN THEIRUNDERGRADUATE STUDIES. STUDENTS BEGIN THEIR STUDIES ON OUR CAMPUS INWOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS AND THEN JOIN ONE OF OUR TWO 134-FOOT SAILTRAINING VESSELS FOR A SAILING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN THE ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, OR CARIBBEAN. WHILE AT SEA, STUDENTS ACT AS FULL MEMBERS OF THE SAILING CREW AND SCIENTIFIC TEAM, OPERATING ALL ASPECTS OF THE VESSEL WHILE COMPLETING SELF-DESIGNED RESEARCH PROJECTS IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS.DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER COVID-19 AFFECTED AN EARLY DEPARTURE FROM ONE PROGRAM REMOVING PARTICIPATION IN THEIR SEA COMPONENT. STUDENTS WERE OFFERED VARIOUS SCENARIOS FOR COMPLETION OF THEIR SEMESTER IN PART OR FULL. SEA REFUNDED 100% OF UNEARNED TUITION.

91 STUDENTS FROM 91 SCHOOLS ATTENDED 4 HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS OFFERED DURING THE SUMMER OF 2019. TWO SESSIONS OF A 3-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES: SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL, LITERARY AND NAUTICAL. PARTICIPANTS LIVE AND STUDY AT OUR CAMPUS. TWO SESSIONS OF A 2-WEEK SEA EXPEDITION ON BOARD ONE OF OUR SHIPS WHICH OFFERS STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN EVERY ASPECT OF A CHALLENGING OFFSHORE SAILING AND OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITION. SEA AWARDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 15% OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

FIVE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS WERE HELD WITH 4 OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN WHICH STUDENTS FROM THOSE INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATED IN 10 DAY PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO OFFER AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH OCEANOGRAPHY, MARITIME STUDIES, AND NAUTICAL SCIENCE. INHERENT IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS IN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TEAM BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, BOTH ATTRACTIVE COMPONENTS FOR UNIVERSITIES SEEKING THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT. THE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN THE ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, AND CARIBBEAN.PROGRAMS WERE AFFECTED BY COVID-19 WITH NUMEROUS INSTITUTIONS CANCELLING THEIR PROGRAMS ALREADY SCHEDULED OR UNABLE TO PLAN NORMALLY HELD DATES.

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