CC&E Today | February 19, 2021
Collage of wetlands landscape images include a frog and a pelican and an egret
Located right along the banks of the Mississippi, it makes sense that LSU’s College of the Coast & Environment, or CC&E, would house the largest group of wetlands experts under one roof in Louisiana. In fact, more than one-quarter of CC&E’s faculty have a primary focus on wetlands research, and four of top 10 published wetlands scientists in the U.S. work at CC&E, according to Web of Science. Their work leads to a better understanding of the complex causes of the deterioration of wetlands, potential methods for restoration, and ways to better manage these systems. Here are some of the many ways we are contributing to wetlands research.
collage of all CC&E women faculty
The United Nations has declared February 11 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. On this occasion, we took time to reflect and celebrate the accomplishments of the women students, faculty, and staff of LSU’s College of the Coast & Environment, or CC&E.
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More than 50 participants from the Gulf States met virtually on January 28, 2021 as part of the Gulf of Mexico University Research Collaborative’s, or GOMURC’s, diversity, equity, and inclusion workshop. This DEI workshop was facilitated by GOMURC Chair Chris D’Elia, who is a professor and dean of the LSU College of the Coast & Environment. Its purpose was to exchange ideas regarding the development of a strategy to enhance the diversity of doctoral graduates in the physical and environmental sciences.
Chris D'Elia headshot
Announcement:
LSU Launches Online Scholarship Portal

To apply, visit lsu.academicworks.com, or click the button below, and log in with your myLSU credentials!
Blackbaud Award Management helps students search and apply for available scholarship opportunities funded through the LSU Foundation. Most of CC&E's undergraduate and a few of CC&E's graduate scholarships are available on Blackbaud. An announcement on additional scholarship opportunities will be sent via separate email to those who qualify.

For more information, contact Lily Pham at bpham4@lsu.edu or visit www.lsu.edu/scholarships
We are saddened to hear of the passing of alumnus Wayne Slater, who earned his master's in marine sciences at LSU. Wayne studied with Dr. John Day and another oceanography and coastal sciences alumnus, Dr. William Conner, in a study of freshwater forested wetlands in the Lake Verret Basin. He went on to work for 35 years at the Department of Environmental Quality where he rose to the level of senior scientist.

According to Dr. Day, "Wayne was a talented and hard-working scientist and an outgoing and generous individual."
In Memoriam
Wayne Slater
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