Cheryl Faber regularly bounces back and forth between Artists’ Workshop of New Smyrna Beach and Marine Discovery Center — nonprofit neighbors that share the building that once housed New Smyrna Beach High School. As the volunteer president of Artists’ Workshop,...
You might meet Marine Discovery Center volunteer Jackie Creedon at the Welcome Desk, or learn about the animals in the tanks in the exhibit area when she works there as a docent, or spend time with her as a kayak-tour sweep on MDC’s kayak eco-tours. The Pennsylvania...
By Lisa D. Mickey At Marine Discovery Center, they are affectionately called “the Volcano family.” And for good reason. That’s because the pursuit of a family activity at MDC turned into a family passion to create the non-plastic material utilized by MDC’s...
Patty McClanahan Walker was born in Virginia, grew up in Eastern Kentucky and ended up in Florida, where she taught elementary school for 30 years. Walker was the 2011 Osceola School District Teacher of the Year and the 2008 Bellalago Academy “Just Read Florida!...
Marine Discovery Center volunteer Carla Collins, a Ph.D., spent her career working in educational research. Now retired, you can find Carla greeting guests at MDC’s Welcome Desk on the weekends or volunteering for other needs at the center. She grew up in rural...
Sometimes she’s pushing around very large barrels of water or you might see Marine Discovery Center aquarist intern Emma Eagney feeding the animals in our tanks. It’s all a part of the job for this senior University of Central Florida environmental science major. And...
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