<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099"><div><b>From: </b>"Jill Tompkins" <jtompkins@sea.edu><br></div><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><h4 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.3em;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;font-family:ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.03em" data-mce-style="color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal; font-family: ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">For Immediate Release:</span></span></h4><h4 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.3em;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;font-family:ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.03em" data-mce-style="color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal; font-family: ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000"><br></span></h4><h4 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.3em;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;font-family:ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.03em" data-mce-style="color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal; font-family: ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000">Date: Sunday afternoon, December 8, 2013</span></h4><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal" data-mce-style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.3em;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;font-family:ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.03em" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal; font-family: ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000">Time: 2-3 PM</span></h4></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal" data-mce-style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.3em;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;font-family:ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.03em" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal; font-family: ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000">Place: <a href="http://www.sea.edu/sea_news/fall_lecture_series" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.sea.edu/sea_news/fall_lecture_series">Sea Education Association</a></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></h4></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal" data-mce-style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000"> James Madden Center Lecture Hall</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal" data-mce-style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000"> 171 Woods Hole Road</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal" data-mce-style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000"> Falmouth, MA</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal" data-mce-style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.3em;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;font-family:ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.03em" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal; font-family: ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000">Free and Open to the Public</span></h4></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal" data-mce-style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.3em;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;font-family:ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.03em" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal; font-family: ColaborateLightRegular,Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000">Presented by Dr. Mary Malloy, Professor of Maritime Studies and Director of the Global Ocean</span></h4></div></div><div style="color:rgb(74,74,74)" data-mce-style="color: #4a4a4a;"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:21.59375px" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 21.59375px;"><br></strong></div><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:21.59375px" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 21.59375px;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000">Sustainability in Polynesian Island Cultures and Ecosystems (SPICE)</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" color="#000000"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:21.59375px" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.59375px;"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:21.59375px" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.59375px;">SEA Semester takes </span><a href="http://www.sea.edu/sea_news/fall_lecture_series#" title="Click to Continue > by Solid Savings" style="outline:0px;margin:0px!important;padding:0px!important;border:none!important;font-size:12px!important;vertical-align:baseline!important;background-color:transparent!important;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif!important;line-height:21.59375px!important;display:inline!important;float:none!important;min-height:auto!important;min-height:0px!important;min-width:0px!important;width:auto!important" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.sea.edu/sea_news/fall_lecture_series#" data-mce-style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px!important; padding: 0px!important; border: none!important; font-size: 12px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important; background-color: transparent!important; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif!important; line-height: 21.59375px!important; display: inline!important; float: none!important; min-height: 0px!important; min-width: 0px!important; width: auto!important;">college<img src="http://solidsaving-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="outline:0px;max-width:100%;margin:0px 0px 0px 3px!important;padding:0px!important;border:none!important;vertical-align:super!important;background-color:transparent!important;display:inline!important;float:none!important;min-height:10px!important;min-height:0px!important;min-width:0px!important;width:10px!important" src="http://solidsaving-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" data-mce-src="http://solidsaving-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" data-mce-style="outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px!important; padding: 0px!important; border: none!important; vertical-align: super!important; background-color: transparent!important; display: inline!important; float: none!important; min-height: 0px!important; min-width: 0px!important; width: 10px!important;"></a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:21.59375px" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.59375px;"> students to the South Pacific on an adventure with a purpose. On five islands, from low-lying atolls to high volcanic isles, students look at the relationship between people and their environments; and from the deck of the Robert C. Seamans study the ocean that binds them together. Incorporating cultural and historical data, the SPICE program is documented in an on-line Atlas of Polynesia that is rapidly becoming an important resource for a wider audience.</span></span><div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:21.59375px" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.59375px;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:21.59375px" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.59375px;">Find gifts at SEA's holiday store too - all for a good cause! </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" data-mce-style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Mary is donating 20% of the sales of her books to the SEA Scholarship Fund. T</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">wo new releases are featured: </span><i style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The Wonder Chamber,</i><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> the final book in the Lizzie Manning Mystery Series, and </span><i style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">A Most Remarkable Enterprise: Lectures on the Northwest Trade by Captain William Sturgis.</i><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><b>About Sea Education Association<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">For more than 40 years, Sea Education Association has offered undergraduate students a hands-on, field-based education about the world’s oceans. Offering fully accredited SEA Semester<sup>®</sup> study abroad programs at sea, SEA has sailed more than one million nautical miles since 1971. They currently own and operate two brigantine sailing research vessels in the Pacific and Atlantic, the SSV <i>Robert C. Seamans</i> and the SSV <i>Corwith Cramer</i>. SEA offers more than $1 million dollars annually in need-based financial aid and scholarships for SEA Semester students, and is located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.sea.edu/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.sea.edu/">www.sea.edu</a>.</p></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif">Jill Tompkins, CFRE</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif">Grants & Contracts Coordinator</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="tel:508-540-3954%20x576" target="_blank" data-mce-href="tel:508-540-3954%20x576">508-540-3954 x576</a></span></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><span style="color: #3333ff;" data-mce-style="color: #3333ff;" color="#3333ff"><a href="http://sea.edu/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://sea.edu/">http://sea.edu/</a> </span></div><div><span style="color: #000099;" data-mce-style="color: #000099;" color="#000099"><br></span><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>