Volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane: Woman of Many Talents

Volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane: Woman of Many Talents

Spend any amount of time with Marine Discovery Center volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane and you will learn that she’s not only a gifted and gregarious “people person,” but she has a mountain of interests and life experiences. For starters, she is a trained and paid hula...
MDC’s January Lecture Focuses on Right Whales

MDC’s January Lecture Focuses on Right Whales

*Photo: “Catalog #3546 ‘Halo’ and Calf” by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute under NOAA permit 26919. Julie Albert, director of the Blue World Research Institute’s Right Whale Sighting Network, will once again kick off the Discovery Lecture...
Dr. Art Litowitz Maintains Active Interest in Lagoon and Nonprofits

Dr. Art Litowitz Maintains Active Interest in Lagoon and Nonprofits

Dr. Art Litowitz was born in and grew up in Miami Beach, Fla., and many of his lifelong interests took shape in South Florida. After a career as an orthodontist, Dr. Litowitz became a board member at Marine Discovery Center and co-founded his own environmental...
20 Years of Hands-On, Feet-Wet Education, Conservation, and Exploration

20 Years of Hands-On, Feet-Wet Education, Conservation, and Exploration

Marine Discovery Center Executive Director Chad Truxall will be the speaker in December’s Discovery Lecture Series. Truxall will discuss “20 Years of Hands-On, Feet-Wet Education, Conservation and Exploration” on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 6 p.m., in MDC’s Learning Lab. As...
Study Uses Virtual Reality to Better Communicate Science

Study Uses Virtual Reality to Better Communicate Science

University of Central Florida doctoral candidate Katherine Harris has spent the last several years assessing if Virtual Reality (VR) experiences can be used to increase community awareness, attitude and engagement for the restoration of threatened habitats, such as...
MDC Represents at this Year’s Restore America’s Estuary Summit

MDC Represents at this Year’s Restore America’s Estuary Summit

In October, MDC’s Conservation Science Coordinator Tess Sailor-Tynes traveled to Arlington, VA to attend the biennial Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) Coastal & Estuarine Summit. This conference hosts students and professionals from all over the country to...