South Carolina Marine Educators Association

South Carolina Marine Educators Association The South Carolina State chapter of the National Marine Educators Association

Got a big idea for marine education? 🌊💡Apply for the Renkas Marine Education Grant and bring your project to life! Grant...
05/01/2026

Got a big idea for marine education? 🌊💡

Apply for the Renkas Marine Education Grant and bring your project to life! Grants up to $200 are available for classroom teachers and marine educators.

Apply via the SCMEA Grants & Awards page by June 1st! ⬇️

https://www.scmarineed.org/grants-and-awards.html

Introducing our Scholarships and Awards Chair, Erica Hardy! Erica grew up in North Carolina and earned a bachelor’s degr...
04/01/2026

Introducing our Scholarships and Awards Chair, Erica Hardy!

Erica grew up in North Carolina and earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from . Since then, she has worked up and down the Carolina coast as an environmental educator and tour guide.

Erica is currently the education coordinator for ‘s Marine Resources Division and the ACE Basin Reserve. On top of all of this- she earned her captain’s license and is now a backup captain as well! 🌊👩‍✈️

02/03/2026

Hayley Fournier, SCMEA’s 2025 Marine Educator of the Year, gave us a glimpse into her incredible career in Environmental Education! 🍃🐚 🌊

Now an education specialist NERR, Hayley has connected many people to the marine world through her passion, knowledge and enthusiasm 💙

Previous SCMEA Student Membership Scholarship Awardee recently defended her thesis, Coastal Transition Development Effe...
01/12/2026

Previous SCMEA Student Membership Scholarship Awardee recently defended her thesis, Coastal Transition Development Effects on Salt Marsh Ecology, and completed her M.S. in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies from Coastal Carolina University (CCU) under the advisement of Dr. Keith Walters!

Amanda’s research examined the rapid urbanization of the terrestrial uplands in South Carolina and its possible trickle-down impacts across the coastal transition zone gradient.

Amanda is currently working towards her PhD in Marine Science under the advisement of Dr. Lee Smee and serving as a graduate assistant at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. She aims to utilize oyster physiology, predator-prey dynamics, and nutrient chemistry to expand and push forward restoration research.

Check out Amanda’s full M.S. thesis at the link below! ⬇️
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/etd/219

Wishing our former Media Secretary, Levi Wagner, the best of luck as he ventures to California to start his first post-g...
12/18/2025

Wishing our former Media Secretary, Levi Wagner, the best of luck as he ventures to California to start his first post-grad role as a Marine Science Instructor with the Catalina Island Marine Institute! 🌊✨

Levi has brought countless people closer to the marine world through his work as the Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Students Engaged in Aquatic Sciences Club at the University of South Carolina and on the education team at the South Carolina Aquarium.

We can’t wait to see the incredible ways he’ll continue inspiring others and using education to connect people with the ocean. Congratulations, Levi! 💙

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205 Fort Johnson Rd
Charleston, SC
29412

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