University of Delaware
Office of Public Relations
UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 18, Feb. 6, 1997
Marine communications receives regional awards

     The UD Office of Marine Communications has won five awards
in the publications/art competition of the Society for Technical
Communications Philadelphia Metro chapter.
      In the training materials category, the Porthole to
Discovery mobile received a Distinguished Award.
     The University of Delaware Sea Grant Reporter-Special Issue,
received an Excellence Award in the annual reports category.
     The At Sea Newsletter received a Merit Award in the
newsletters category.
     In the poster design category, the Coast Day 1996 poster
received a Distinguished Award and the Lewes Maritime Weekend
poster earned an Excellence Award.
     UD marine communications staff associated with these
projects include Tracey Bryant, David Barczak, Pamela Donnelly
and Beth Chajes.
     The Porthole to Discovery Mobile, the University Of Delaware
Sea Grant Reporter annual report and the Coast Day and Lewes
Maritime Weekend poster will advance to the society's
international competition. Those results will be released in the
spring.
     According to Carolyn A. Thoroughgood, marine studies dean,
"Our marine communications staff members bring a strong
commitment to excellence to their work, and we are proud of their
many accomplishments."
     The new mobile highlights marine science and was designed to
entice youngsters to learn more about marine life and the high-
tech tools that marine scientists are using to explore the sea.
     The basic design is composed of three concentric circles
that rotate freely on the same axis. Several sea creatures are
highlighted. They include the humpback whale, bottle-nosed
dolphin, loggerhead turtle, sand tiger shark, moon jellyfish,
giant squid, tubeworms and horseshoe crab. A page provides
information about each sea creature and the descriptions are
understandable to children as young as 10 years of age.
     The mobile may be purchased by mail for $7.95 ($5 plus $2.95
for shipping and handling). To order, send your address, with
check or money order payable to "University of Delaware," to the
Marine Communications Office, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
19711. For more information, call 831-8083.
     The University Bookstore also carries the mobile. For credit
card orders, please call 831-3077.