Letter from the Executive Director Archives

Letter from the Executive Director

Sep 21, 2023

Letter from the Executive Director

Fall always brings a timely break from the year’s summer heat, and we can all hope for limited impacts from hurricane season as it winds down. Opportunities for hikes, biking, fieldwork, and excursions are all appealing again in these cooler months.

Mar 28, 2023

Letter from the Executive Director

Spring is always a busy research season for North Carolina Sea Grant, with our team, faculty, and students across the state, as well as our coastal communities, working collaboratively to address coastal and watershed challenges and opportunities.

Nov 23, 2021

Letter from the Executive Director

Winter 2021: New Plans and Partners for the New Year

Dec 10, 2020

Letter from the Executive Director: Celebrations and Anticipations

As winter arrives, I hope you, your families, and communities are continuing to stay healthy and meeting COVID-19 challenges with renewed energy, personal commitment, and optimism as we look ahead to the spring...

image: Green sea turtle. Credit: Ali Bayless / NOAA Fisheries.

Sep 16, 2020

Letter from the Executive Director

Shifting Seasons, Ongoing Challenges, New Opportunities

Dec 12, 2019

From the Executive Director: Groundwork for Grand Challenges

It is also elementary science experiment season for 2nd and 4th graders. I have fond memories of my own requisite volcanoes, bug collections, and plant dissections. I’m not as sure…

Sep 19, 2019

From the Executive Director: Season-to-Season Successes

Summer was full of successes and change. Looking forward, fall will be a time of renewed efforts in priority areas.

Dec 11, 2017

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: A State of Thanks: Reflecting on Transformation and Renewal

From team retirements and departures to welcoming new partners, North Carolina Sea Grant has experienced its fair share of change this year — and will continue to do so in the coming year.

Sep 21, 2017

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Finding Home in People, Places

I am struck with how my sense of place and belonging is embedded in a community of individuals, more than in a physical location. Perhaps this is true for you? But others may find their place based more on where they are. That sense of place surely deepens with longevity. Deep roots are built through history, and, frankly, hardships often bring out strengths of the ties within a community, a region, a nation.

Jul 6, 2017

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Here Comes the Sun: Illuminating Summer Fun, Sea Grant Stories

Our beaches and soundside communities indeed have changed over my lifetime. Yet their beauty and bounties persist in so many ways. Similarly, this issue of Coastwatch takes you on a range of explorations.