This week, Campus Voices sat down with Estella Atekwana, the dean of the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).

Atekwana was named dean of CEOE in June. She said the “exciting science” that takes place at the University of Delaware encouraged her to join the Blue Hen family. CEOE hopes to spread the excitement about science at their Coast Day celebration in October. Visitors at Coast Day can enjoy a variety of contests and events, like a crab cake cook-off and an oyster shucking competition, all while discovering how scientists study coastal environments.

Coast Day: Discoveries on Land, In the Air, and At Sea takes place in Lewes, DE, on Sunday, October 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m at UD’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus.

The Interview

Estella Atekwana, recorded on September 22, 2017. First aired on September 28, 2017.
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About our Guest

Estella Atekwana became the dean of the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment in June, 2017. She has won the 2016 Society of Exploration Geophysicists Outstanding Educator Award and the 2015 Oklahoma State University Eminent Faculty Award. Trained as a geologist and geophysicist, Atekwana has been the head of OSU’s Boone Pickens School of Geology since 2013. (Source: UDaily)

Learn More

• New CEOE Dean, Kate Baily, UDaily, 6/14/17
• Coast Day 2017
• University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, & Environment

Credits
Richard Gordon: host, producer
Sam O’Donnell: audio editor
Ryan Thornton: web page editor
Photos courtesy of UDaily, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment