SEERS News

Coastal Carolina University at Conway Hosts Fall Meeting
The fall 2002 meeting of the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society will be held October 17-19 in Conway, SC. The meeting is being hosted by the Department of Marine Science at Coastal Carolina University (CCU) and Dr. Keith Walters. In addition to a great line-up of platform and poster presentations, the fall meeting will include a special session on biocomplexity sponsored by the ERF Biocomplexity Initiative, a Friday evening banquet held at Ripley's Aquarium, and a Saturday field trip to Waites Island-1,062 acres of undeveloped barrier island and upland habitats near Little River and the site of CCU's future marine lab.
Questions or comments about the Conway meeting should be directed to SEERS program chair, Marie DeLorenzo, (843)762-8515, marie.delorenzo@noaa.gov. Local arrangements are being handled by Keith Walters, (843)349-2477, kwalt@coastal.edu.

SEERS Travel Awards
SEERS is offering up to five travel awards of $100 each to qualifying students attending the meeting at Coastal Carolina University. To qualify for a student travel award, students must:

•  be enrolled at a college or university for the fall 2002 semester
•  be a SEERS member in good standing for 2002
•  be registered for the fall 2002 SEERS meeting
•  have submitted an abstract for presentation (oral or poster) at the meeting

Please contact Carla Curran at (912) 691-7434 or curranc@savstate.edu for more information.

SEERS Website
Check out the new and improved SEERS web site at http://links.baruch.sc.edu/seers/index.htm.
The SEERS site provides information and links about the fall and spring meetings, information for prospective members, and the new SEERS student page. Any questions, suggestions or information for the web site should be directed to Geno Olmi (Geno.Olmi@noaa.gov).

SEERS People
Congratulations to SEERS student representative Susan White (University of Georgia) for creating a terrific student page on the SEERS web site. A lot of great information for students including recent events, outreach activities, funding sources, career opportunities and graduate and undergraduate interests are provided. If you have questions, suggestions or information for the SEERS Student Page, please contact Susan at snwhite@arches.uga.edu.

Upcoming Regional Meetings
Of interest to SEERS members is the Harmful Algal Bloom meeting, October 21-25, Florida. The Southeast Coastal Ocean Science Conference will be held on January 27-29, 2003, at the Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC.