HARBOR BRANCH - OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
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FAU AND HARBOR BRANCH PARTNER TO OFFER SEMESTER BY THE SEA PROGRAM IN SPRING 2004
December 1, 2003--Ft.Pierce, FL--College students can sign up now for Semester by the Sea, a semester-long
immersion into a unique variety of hands-on marine science courses offered through FAU and Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institution. All courses are accredited by FAU and take advantage of Harbor Branch's unique resources and staff.
The Fort Pierce Harbor Branch site borders the Indian River Lagoon that facilitates activities such as seining,
sieving, snorkeling and boat trips. Students also gain exposure to a variety of local and coastal habitats,
including sea grass meadows, mangrove forests, salt marshes, inter-tidal mudflats, sandy shores, beach communities
and near-shore reefs.
Harbor Branch's on-site teaching facility, the Johnson Education Center, is equipped with classrooms, teaching
labs, a computer lab and a 350-seat auditorium with sophisticated audio-visual capabilities.
Semester by the Sea courses are for advanced undergraduate students who have completed certain pre-requisites.
For information on admission to FAU and registering for Semester by the Sea, call 772-873-3301. For information on
the Semester by the Sea program or Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, visit
http://www.hboi.edu/marineed or
call the Harbor Branch Marine Education Office at 772-465-2400, extension 506.
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HARBOR BRANCH Oceanographic Institution was founded in Ft. Pierce, Fla., in 1971 to support the exploration and conservation
of the world's oceans. The institution has held to this mission and grown into one of the world's leading oceanographic
institutions with a 500-acre campus, over 200 personnel, and a fleet of sophisticated research ships and submersibles.
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