Dear Friends, During fiscal year 2025 (July 2024-June 2025), the Seymour Marine Discovery Center celebrated its 25th anniversary. It was a year to deepen the transformative educational experiences that have created generations of young scientists. It was also a year to lay the foundation for the next era of impact centered around Science, Solutions, Santa […]
When I first took this role, I asked a question that’s guided everything since: How is Seymour Marine Discovery Center uniquely positioned to have a positive impact on this community? To find the answer, I talked to everyone I could—UC Santa Cruz scientists, environmental nonprofits and policy leaders, community organizers, educators, parents, and skeptics. What […]
Dear Friends, Santa Cruz County has always been shaped by its relationship with the ocean. The tides, the winds, the waves—they are a part of our story, and sometimes they challenge us in ways we can’t ignore. Over the past decade, we’ve faced wildfires that reshaped our mountains, floods that tested our communities, and […]
25 Years of Creating Scientists Dear Friends, As we prepare to celebrate a quarter-century of the Seymour Marine Discovery Center at UC Santa Cruz, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude and awe. For 25 years, the Seymour Center has created scientists who create solutions. Collectively, we created a hub of curiosity, a launchpad for scientists, and a […]
Reflecting on the past twelve months The end of August and the beginning of September is a reflective time at the Seymour Center. The summer visitation rush wanes. Ocean Explorers summer camp wraps. Students from local schools who attend our Discovery Lab field trips have not arrived yet. This is also the time we close […]
Photo Credit: Shmuel Thaler, Santa Cruz Sentinel I was surprised to hear that friends of mine, who are members at the Seymour Center and visit regularly, were not aware we’ve been running hands-on youth education programs for the last 24 years. Moreover, they didn’t know that their membership dollars helped fund education programs that reach […]
