Marine Education Award
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The NMEA Marine Education Award recognizes distinguished performance in marine education at the local, regional, or national level by professionals who are not classroom teachers.
Eligibility: Nominees must be NMEA members in good standing and an informal educator..
Award Considerations: Nominees should have documented contributions to the furthering of marine science through education programs, legislation, and/or leadership. Nominees will be assessed in the following areas:
Leadership in advancing marine science initiatives
Creativity and/or Innovation in introducing marine science into materials, activities, and/or projects/programs
Scale of impact
2024 | Tina Miller-Way (AL) |
2023 | Susan Wood (WA) |
2022 | None |
2021 | Amelia Rodgers (MO) |
2020 | Kasey Gaylord-Opalewski (FL) |
2019 | Kyle Troy (NY) |
2018 | Dawn Miller-Walker (FL) |
2017 | Dena Deck (CA) |
2016 | Evie Copejans (Belgium) |
2015 | Roberta Dean (CA) |