Serving a Consorum of Public and Private Colleges and Universies What is the Dauphin Island Sea Lab?

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab is legally known as – Alabama’s Marine Environmental Sciences Consorum (MESC).

Founded in 1971 by the Alabama Legislature to maximize the marine sciences capabilies of the state’s instuons of higher learning, both public and private, and to minimize program duplicaon in higher educaon. Our Mission

To provide leadership in the fields of marine research, educaon and community service. Consorum Parcipants Consorum Parcipants Alabama A & M University UNA ASU AAM Alabama State University* Athens State University UAH Auburn University* Auburn University at Montgomery Birmingham Southern College

BSC JSU Hunngdon College Jacksonville State University* UAB TC UA SU Judson College UWA UM Samford University*

JC Spring Hill College AU Talladega College TU ASU Troy University AUM Tuskegee University* HC * TSU University of Alabama at Birmingham* University of Alabama at Huntsville* University of Mobile TSUD UM University of Montevallo SHC University of North Alabama USA University of South Alabama* University of West Alabama * Schools with graduate programs

Located on Dauphin Island

Located on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is a 45 minute drive from downtown Mobile. Home for the MESC The Dauphin Island Sea Lab From Humble Beginnings…

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2015

N Dauphin Island Sea Lab Programs

The Estuarium • Public Educaon Aquarium

Discovery Hall Program • K-12 Educaon • Teacher Training

University Programs

• Undergraduate Educaon • Graduate Educaon • Basic and Applied Research • NSF/REU Program The Estuarium

A Public educaonal facility highlighng the four key habitats of coastal Alabama:

Mobile Tensaw River Delta Northern Barrier Islands

Also included: Living Marsh Boardwalk Live Shark and Ray Touch Tank The Estuarium will leave you with a broader understanding of the interacons taking place in Mobile Bay, the fourth largest estuarine system in the U.S.

- Over 70,000 visitors annually - Over 5,000 each year during annual open house event “Discovery Day”. Estuarium Addions Discovery Hall Programs

Over 22,000 school kids visit each year on science field trips

Serving Teachers and Students from 67 Alabama Counes

Pre K-12th grade Summer Day Camps, Overnight and Residenal Programs, and Outreach • Touch Labs • Field Exercises • Boat Trips • Teacher Workshops Bay Mobile

DISL’s traveling classroom reaches over 10,000 K-12 students annually. • Parcipates in regional environmental events • Travels to underserved K-12 schools in Alabama • Sponsored by Exxon Mobil & Alabama Power Foundaon University Programs

Graduate Educaon

• Over 40 resident year-round students Basic & Applied Research

• Research projects from Alaska to Antarcca, with >$4, 000,000 in extramural support REU Program • Summer Semester • 7 Fellowships Available Undergraduate Educaon

4 Summer Sessions: One 2-week May Term, and three addional 4-week Terms from June-August University Programs Resident Faculty

Ruth Carmichael Just Cebrian Kelly Dorgan Marcus Drymon Ken Heck, Chair

Ron Kiene Jeff Krause Tina Miller-Way Behzad Mortazavi

Kyeong Park Will Patterson Sean Powers Brian Dzwonkowski John Valentine, Executive Director Summer Programs 2015

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2012 Summer Bulletin

Sea Lab Summer Pictures

Summer Funding Opportunies for Students

• Library Aide positions • Summer Fellowships • Teaching Assistantships • Summer Internships in Labs

Application forms may be obtained from the DISL website (www.disl.org) or from your Campus Liaison Officer

Research

Research conducted in oceanography and ecology at scales ranging from the ecosystem to the test tube Research Addions

Mesocosm Facility

(16-1,000 gal & 4-5,000 gal flow-through mesocosms)

Research Addions

Marine Mammal Necropsy Facility Research Vessels Alabama Discovery (65 .) & E. O. Wilson (42 .) For More Informaon Visit our website at http://www.disl.org or contact University Programs, (251) 861-2141, ext. 2256

Sally Brennan Registrar, [email protected]

Dr. Ken Heck Chair of University Programs, ([email protected])