MEDIA ADVISORY
Photo/news opportunity: For Immediate Release: February 7, 2008

Jacqueline Feurer, a 2006 S-G graduate, to participate in SEA program in Woods Hole, Mass.; to travel 3,000 miles over six weeks

Woods Hole, Mass. - (February 8, 2008) Jacqueline Feurer, a 2006 graduate of Scotia-Glenville High School, is enrolled in SEA Semester, a study abroad program through Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Mass., while away from studies at SUNY at Plattsburgh.

Jacqueline has successfully completed the Sea Semester's six-week shore component earning academic credit for curriculum in oceanography, nautical science, and maritime studies.

At the program's Woods Hole campus, Jacqueline developed a research project that will be tested and completed aboard SEA'S 134' sailing school vessel the Corwith Cramer, one of the most sophisticated research equipped vessel under sail in the United States.

Jacqueline will be sailing on the tall ship from Key West, Fla. with a possible port call in Samana, Dominican Republic and a final destination of Key West, Fla. - a journey of approximately 3000 nautical miles and six weeks at sea.

During that time, in addition to collecting data for a research project, Jacqueline will help provide weather observations to a national database, learn to chart the course of the vessel using celestial navigation and serve as the Junior Watch Officer (JWO), taking full command of the vessel during a watch. Jacqueline's shipmates come from colleges and universities around the country.

Sea Education Association (SEA), headquartered in Woods Hole, Mass. was founded in 1971. It is the only full-credit undergraduate program in the United States that combines a rigorous academic and research curriculum with a voyage to the deep ocean under sail. Students of any discipline may apply to the 12-week SEA Semester program which combines both shore and sea components.

At shore, all students live, study and work alongside professional researchers, scholars and mariners. At sea, each student is part of the ship 's crew, participating in a watch team that will participate in every aspect of running the operations of the ship and scientific research. The shipboard experience provides the opportunity to develop teamwork and decision-making skills and a greater respect for others. For many students, SEA is an adventure of a lifetime.

For more information, visit http: //www.sea.edu, where you can track progress of the vessel, updated daily each business day, and download podcasts from sea.

For more information, contact Laurie Weitzen, Alumni Parent Relations Coordinator, Sea Education Association at (800) 552-3633 ext. 12 or Robert Hanlon, Communications, at 386-4343.