Tag Archives: Q&A

Q&A with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland

By the U.S. Department of the Interior The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) by name sounds like mainly indoor office work, when, in fact, we manage millions of acres outdoors, including ocean, Great Lakes and coastal areas. DOI has stewardship responsibilities that extend from coastal areas nationwide to the deepest parts of the ocean floor and across the globe in

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‘Hidden Pacifc’ Virtual Screening, Q&A Aug 13

coral Palmyra Atoll Ian Shive

On August 13, the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation will host a virtual advance screening of the film “Hidden Pacific,” along with a live Q&A with filmmaker Ian Shive, as part of the foundation’s Blue Beacon series. The deep blue waters of the Pacific Ocean are teeming with life. Islands that barely rise above the ocean’s surface are home to massive seabird rookeries, and underneath the waves,

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Q&A: Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering–Career Possibilities

Huntington Ingalls cutter design

A new Bankrate study ranks the most and least valuable college majors and discovered that two niche and little known majors top the list of 162 fields of study: naval architecture and marine engineering. They are followed closely by nuclear and electrical engineering.   Many students may have little to no exposure to these career options and may dismiss them out of hand. But experts

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