Alaska Sea Grant Fellows Earn Job Placement

FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Sea Grant Fellows program placed five people with one-year jobs in state and federal agencies, according to a University of Alaska Fairbanks news release.

Chelsea Clawson, who is working toward a master’s in fisheries at UAF, will work at the U.S. Geological Survey.

Genevieve Johnson, in the same master’s program, has a job lined up at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

Liza Mack, an indigenous studies Ph.D. candidate at UAF, will have a position that was created jointly by the North Pacific Research Board and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Landscape.

Danielle Meeker, a graduate student studying climate science and policy at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, will take a job in the office of the Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott.

Kim Ovitz, a master’s student from the University of Maine, will work at the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

The Alaska Sea Grant Fellows program matches qualified graduate students with jobs in federal and state agencies in Alaska for one-year positions.

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