Bird Migration is Focus of MDC’s February Lecture
Halifax River Audubon President Joan Tague will be the guest speaker in February for our Discovery Lecture Series. She will present "The Wonder of Bird Migration,” on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. in MDC’s Learning Lab. The Pennsylvania native became an avid birder in...
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
*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 Series with her...
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
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
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
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...
Volunteer Trish Wheeler Brings Fun Wherever She Goes
You never know where you might find volunteer Trish Wheeler at Marine Discovery Center. She could be leading kids for summer camp activities or helping as a docent in the Welcome Center or assisting MDC’s Florida Master Naturalist Program instructors with fishing nets...
Archaeologist Presents MDC’s November Lecture
Understanding Shell Mound Science will be the focus of Marine Discovery Center’s November Discovery Lecture Series. Registered professional archaeologist Rebecca L. Harris (pictured below) will be the guest presenter on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. in MDC’s Learning...
Cheryl Faber Teams Up With MDC To Link Arts and Science
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, Faber...
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