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Welcome to the Regional Educational Partnerships (REP) office!

Group of staff and faculty at the Santa Barbara Zoo in front of the marine debris art exhibit made my CI students.

From left to right in front of the Santa Barbara Zoo 鈥淗elp the Kelp鈥 marine debris art exhibit created by 海角社区CI students: Zoo President Richard Block; Jennifer Perry, Executive Director of Regional Educational Partnerships at 海角社区CI; Joe Forrest, 海角社区CI Santa Rosa Island Research Station Coordinator; Christy Kehoe, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program Mid-Atlantic regional coordinator; Michaela Miller 鈥16, B.S. Environmental Science & Resource Management, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation conservation manager; 海角社区CI Professor of Art Matthew Furmanski; Karly Kennedy 鈥23, B.A. Art; Kenny Neal 鈥23, B.A. Art; Zoo Director of Education JJ McLeod; 海角社区CI President Richard Yao. Photo by Marya Barlow.

Across different administrative units and offices, 海角社区CI maintains different types of partnerships with many different organizations and entities. The REP office focuses on educational partnerships that:

  • have campus-wide implications, are cross-divisional, and provide multi-disciplinary opportunities
  • involve facilities, land, and other resources that serve as hubs of partnerships
  • contribute to career preparation and workforce development
  • connect with regional and place-based priorities
  • advance One Health initiatives 鈥 health and wellness of communities and environment - through collaborative networks

The work of the REP office is both externally and internally facing. It includes creating and managing educationally-focused agreements with government agencies and non-profit organizations. It also involves working collaboratively with different divisions, units, and offices across the 海角社区CI campus.

The REP office includes the following areas of oversight and facilitation:

Members of the REP team:

Image of a naval ship passing in front of Santa Rosa Island.

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