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From left, 2022 Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early-Career Fellows Maya Pelletier, Mikayla Gullace and Olivia Milloway.
July 12, 2022
New Acadia fellowship to promote college-to-career pathway
Courtesy / Schoodic Institute
Preparing college grads for conservation careers is the focus of a new program at Acadia National Park’s Schoodic Institute, whose Rockefeller Hall in Winter Harbor is shown here.
By Staff
A new program at Acadia National Park is designed to help recent college graduates to develop professional skills in conservation fields, engage learners of all ages in science, and inform planning for the future of the park.
The Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early-Career Fellowship is a competitive 10-month program offered through Acadia’s Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor.
Schoodic Institute is a science and education nonprofit and the largest of 17 National Park Service research learning centers in the U.S. The institute was created after the former Navy Base on Schoodic Point, within the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park, was returned to the National Park Service.
The fellowship was funded by donors Cathy and Jim Gero, the National Park Service, Schoodic Institute and the National Park Foundation.
In its inaugural year, the program will support three fellows: Maya Pelletier of Ellsworth, a science research fellow who holds a degree in environmental studies from Vassar College; Mikayla Gullace of Canandaigua, N.Y., an environmental science education fellow who holds degrees in environmental studies and geoscience from Hobart William Smith College; and Olivia Milloway of Knoxville, Tenn., a science communication fellow who holds degrees in biology and environmental science from Emory University.
The fellows will work alongside National Park Service and Schoodic Institute scientists, educators, communicators and resource managers in Acadia and surrounding areas.
“The integration of research, education and communication is critical to stewardship efforts in Acadia,” Nick Fisichelli, Schoodic’s president and CEO, said in a news release.
“The complex challenges of rapid environmental change demand that the next generation of professionals have the necessary skills to span disciplinary boundaries, work with a diversity of stakeholders, and integrate science into decision making.”
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