Celebrating 25 Years of the Semester in Environmental Science

former SES director ken foreman speaks at the SES/SBD Sympsium April 2023. Credit Emily Greenhalgh
Former Semester for Environmental Science (SES) Director Ken Foreman speaks at the SES/SBD Symposium on April 21. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh
By MBL Communications April 28, 2023
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Seventy-five people gathered at the Marine Biological Laboratory this month to celebrate 25 years of the Semester in Environmental Science (SES) and to introduce the new Semester in Biological Discovery.

The reunion symposium, which ran over three days, included lectures from faculty, presentations from alumni, and a round-table discussion about the future of the program.

“It was a wonderful celebration and chance to reunite with SES alumni going back all the way to the first 1997 class to the present, current and past SES Faculty, and some of our partner institutions and friends,” said SES Director Mirta Teichberg. “I was impressed with the discussions on the impact SES had on students and their careers, and we were all excited to celebrate together and to thank Ken Foreman, former SES Director, for all of his years of service to the program.”

SES Director Mirta Teichberg speaks during a dinner at the SES/SBD Symposium.
SES Director Mirta Teichberg speaks during a dinner at the SES/SBD Symposium. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh
Former SES Director Ken Foreman gives a heartfelt speech during the SES/SBD Symposium dinner.
Former SES Director Ken Foreman gives a heartfelt speech during the SES/SBD Symposium dinner. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh

Ken Foreman, a research scientist in the ǧƵ Ecosystems Center, served as director of the program from 2004-2022. Part of the reunion festivities included speeches and a presentation by Foreman reflecting on his time as director.

The symposium also served as a springboard for SES’s new undergraduate sister program—the Semester in Biological Discovery (SBD), which will welcome its first cohort of students in spring of 2024. The 13-week SBD program will provide students with an intensive, immersive research experience in discovery-driven biological sciences modeled on the ǧƵ’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses.

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Mirta Teichvberg introduces a panel during the SES/SBD Symposium. Credit: Ashley Bolbrock
David Mark Welch introduces the new Semester in Biological Discovery. Credit: Ashley Bolbrock
MBL Director of Education Linda Hyman speaks during the SES/SBD Event. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh
Louis Kerr and David Mark Welch chat during the SES/SBD Reception. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh
Former SES Director Ken Foreman recieves a gift in thanks of this long years as director. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh
Ken Foreman speaks during the SES/SBD Event
Participants at the SES/SBD EVent Credit: Emily Greenhalgh
From left: MBL's Jerry Melillo, Sebastien Laye, and Ken Foreman chat at the SES/SBD Reception. Credit: Emily Greenhalgh
Participants at the SES/SBD EVent Credit: Emily Greenhalgh
SES Director Mirtan Teichberg gives a tour of her seagrass lab. Credit: Nick Peng
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