'State of the Beach' press conference, Spring Lake, NJ, May 20
How did New Jersey's beaches weather one of the worst winters in decades? What's in the forecast for coastal New Jersey? Will the summer of 2003 be a boom or a bust for beachgoers and coastal businesses?
You're invited to attend a pre-summer season press conference in Spring Lake, N.J., featuring the presentation of N.J: The State of the Beach Report-2003, compiled by Dr. Thomas Herrington, a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology and a Coastal Processes Specialist for the New Jersey Sea Grant Extension Program. The location will be the North Pavilion at Ocean and Ludlow Avenues in Spring Lake, N.J., May 20, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A continental brunch will be served, and a Q&A session will follow the presentations. For directions and other details, please call Kim Kosko at 732-872-1300 ext. 18, or email kkosko@njmsc.org.
What: Press Conference featuring NJ: State of the Beach Report-2003
Who: Dr. Thomas Herrington, Stevens Institute of Technology
When: Tuesday, May 20th, 2003, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Where: North Pavilion, Ocean and Ludlow Avenues, Spring Lake, N.J.
Also speaking at the press conference will be the Hon. Thomas J. Byrne III, Mayor of Spring Lake; the Hon. Joseph Palaia, N.J. Senate, 11th District; Dr. Michael P. Weinstein, President, New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium; Kim Bolton, Specialist, Domestic Travel Trade, New Jersey Office of Travel and Tourism; and Noreen Bodman of the Jersey Shore Partnership.
The press conference is sponsored by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium in cooperation with Stevens Institute of Technology, the Borough of Spring Lake, the New Jersey Office of Travel and Tourism, and the Jersey Shore Partnership.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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