海角社区's SPARTACUS Program focus of WGME story

SPARTACUS, 海角社区's innovative project designed to partner 海角社区 researchers and their graduate students with the local K-12 community, was the focus of a feature story on WGME TV news on Jan. 14, 2010. Doug Rafferty, in his segment Doug's Discovery, interviewed 海角社区 marine sciences graduate student Jay Williams who has been working with a class at Bonny Eagle High School. 

The Bonny Eagle class was touring 海角社区's Marine Science Center, and Williams was discussing her research on skates. Also included in the footage was Stephan Zeeman, professor and chair of the Department of Marine sciences, and Anne Watson, MSC volunteer coordinator. The program, which involves six southern Maine school districts, is funded by a $2.87 million five-year National Science Foundation grant.

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