UAF fisheries graduate student chosen as National Sea Grant Knauss Fellow
UAF fisheries graduate student chosen as National Sea Grant Knauss Fellow
Submitted by Doug Schneider
Phone: (907) 474-7449
06/25/07
Fairbanks, Alaska--Seanbob Kelly, a University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences graduate student, will soon work in the nation’s capital as a 2008 National Sea Grant Knauss Fellow.
"We are proud that Seanbob Kelly completed both his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences," said Dean Denis Wiesenburg. "I know that this background and his interest in fisheries policy issues provide a solid foundation for his tenure as a Knauss Fellow."
The prestigious fellowship was established in 1979 to provide insight and training to graduate-level university students interested in how the nation’s marine resources are managed and how marine policies are made.
Knauss Fellows receive a year’s stipend to work in Washington, D.C., either within marine resource agencies of the federal executive branch or in Congressional and Senate committees that help set the nation’s marine policies. The fellowship is widely viewed as a key step in the career path of scientists and managers.
"I can’t imagine a nicer end to my college life or a better beginning to my professional career," said Kelly. "The fellowship will be a lot of work, with many challenges, but it will offer opportunities as well. I want to bring back to Alaska as much knowledge and experience as I can."