Intellectual Merit:
This program is intended to produce a group of culturally-connected Pacific Islanders specifically trained to serve their home islands as informed leaders in natural resource assessment, protection and restoration. Further, they will be trained and positioned to provide information to the broader international community on the special problems experienced in island nations relative to topics such as resource sustainability, protection of biodiversity, pollution control and linkages between environmental and human health. This program is centered in the islands and their institutions, with a specific goal of attracting future generations of under-represented minorities into the sciences and technology fields.
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Robert Richmond, Ph.D. Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center University of Hawai’i at Manoa 41 Ahui St. Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 e-mail: richmond@hawaii.edu |
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Barry Smith, Director University of Guam UOG Station Mangilao, Guam 96923 e-mail: bdsmith@uog9.uog.edu |
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Dr. Patrick Tellei, President Palau Community College P.O. Box 9 Koror, Palau 96940 e-mail: tellei@palau.edu |
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Brian Lynch College of Micronesia-FSM P.O. Box 159 Palikir, Pohnpei FM 96941 e-mail: brianl@comfsm.fm |
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Glenn Keaton, Chair Northern Marianas College P.O Box 501250 Saipan, MP 96950 e-mail: glennk@nmcnet.edu |
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Don Hess College of the Marshall Islands P.O. Box 1258 Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands MH 96960 e-mail: cmihess@yahoo.com |
Marine Science Department American Samoa Community College P.O. Box 2609 Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 |
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Vernice Yuzi Palau Community College P.O. Box 09 Koror, Palau 96940 e-mail: vernicey@palau.edu |
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Marlene Lowe University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii Hall 107 2500 Campus Rd. Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 e-mail: mplowe@hawaii.edu |
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