Bonnie J Becker
@pisastero.bsky.social
Academic leader (& #MarineBiology prof) driven by the transformative power of #HigherEd to create better communities. #HighImpactPractices, #SenseOfPurpose and #SenseOfBelonging, fosters #StudentSuccess and richer lives.
#AcademicSky #Tacoma
#AcademicSky #Tacoma
Check out this short guide to marine biology careers, informed by practicing fisheries and marine scientists from the Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group. www.pacshell.org/pdf/Fisherie...
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July 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Check out this short guide to marine biology careers, informed by practicing fisheries and marine scientists from the Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group. www.pacshell.org/pdf/Fisherie...
Our Student Voices research is featured in Inside Higher Ed!
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Students’ Sense of Purpose Tied to College Retention
A recent study from the University of Washington at Tacoma finds that a student’s decision to leave higher education can be driven by a lack of goals or sense of self.
www.insidehighered.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our Student Voices research is featured in Inside Higher Ed!
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
#HigherEd
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
#HigherEd
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ICYMI: After years of hearing complaints that it's hard to get good career advice in marine biology, I assembled an expert panel to answer your questions about graduate school, where to find jobs, what skills are needed, and much, much more.
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Marine Biology Career Advice
You asked us questions about marine biology careers, and our panel of experts answered them! In April, I solicited your questions about careers in marine biology, and we received nearly 100 questio…
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June 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
ICYMI: After years of hearing complaints that it's hard to get good career advice in marine biology, I assembled an expert panel to answer your questions about graduate school, where to find jobs, what skills are needed, and much, much more.
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New paper alert: STUDENT VOICES: NON-COMPLETING COLLEGE STUDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A SENSE OF PURPOSE TO SUPPORT COLLEGE PERSISTENCE
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May 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
New paper alert: STUDENT VOICES: NON-COMPLETING COLLEGE STUDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A SENSE OF PURPOSE TO SUPPORT COLLEGE PERSISTENCE
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Just finished Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson and I found it to be a quite compelling escape from our current reality. Makes me want to send it to all of my local politician friends.
Who else has read it and wants to discuss?
Who else has read it and wants to discuss?
April 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Just finished Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson and I found it to be a quite compelling escape from our current reality. Makes me want to send it to all of my local politician friends.
Who else has read it and wants to discuss?
Who else has read it and wants to discuss?
Are you or do you know a HS senior planning to go to college next year? Do they need a little extra coursework to be prepared for college math? PLU is offering a free section of MATH 115 this summer that is open to all students!
PLU credit will transfer anywhere.
PLU credit will transfer anywhere.
April 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Are you or do you know a HS senior planning to go to college next year? Do they need a little extra coursework to be prepared for college math? PLU is offering a free section of MATH 115 this summer that is open to all students!
PLU credit will transfer anywhere.
PLU credit will transfer anywhere.
Come to UW Tacoma for a special lecture from author Naomi Klein, author of "Doppelganger", "The Shock Doctrine" and more!
This event is free but advance registration is required.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
6 p.m.
William W. Philip Hall
#Tacoma #HigherEd
events.uw.edu/event/Paulse...
This event is free but advance registration is required.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
6 p.m.
William W. Philip Hall
#Tacoma #HigherEd
events.uw.edu/event/Paulse...
UW Tacoma Paulsen Lecture Series 2025 Presents: Naomi Klein
events.uw.edu
April 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Come to UW Tacoma for a special lecture from author Naomi Klein, author of "Doppelganger", "The Shock Doctrine" and more!
This event is free but advance registration is required.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
6 p.m.
William W. Philip Hall
#Tacoma #HigherEd
events.uw.edu/event/Paulse...
This event is free but advance registration is required.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
6 p.m.
William W. Philip Hall
#Tacoma #HigherEd
events.uw.edu/event/Paulse...
Last call! Closes tomorrow!
Academic Success Programs is looking for an exceptional administrator to join our team! Are you organized, detail-oriented, and want to be on a team dedicated to the success of students?
#hiring #HigherEd #HigherEdJobs
uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidat...
Academic Success Programs is looking for an exceptional administrator to join our team! Are you organized, detail-oriented, and want to be on a team dedicated to the success of students?
#hiring #HigherEd #HigherEdJobs
uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidat...
UW Human Resources
University of Washington Human Resources
uwhires.admin.washington.edu
March 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Last call! Closes tomorrow!
Academic Success Programs is looking for an exceptional administrator to join our team! Are you organized, detail-oriented, and want to be on a team dedicated to the success of students?
#hiring #HigherEd #HigherEdJobs
uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidat...
Academic Success Programs is looking for an exceptional administrator to join our team! Are you organized, detail-oriented, and want to be on a team dedicated to the success of students?
#hiring #HigherEd #HigherEdJobs
uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidat...
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The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government.
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
February 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government.
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
New paper! So proud to be a part of a cross-disciplinary network studying culturally and economically critical Dungeness crab in the Salish Sea!
doi.org/10.1093/fshm...
doi.org/10.1093/fshm...
Developing a collaborative Dungeness crab larval monitoring network in the Salish Sea to provide long-term, fishery-relevant data
Abstract. Many natural resources are managed without essential, biologically relevant data. Fisheries are particularly susceptible to this reality and, thu
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February 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New paper! So proud to be a part of a cross-disciplinary network studying culturally and economically critical Dungeness crab in the Salish Sea!
doi.org/10.1093/fshm...
doi.org/10.1093/fshm...
Do you have a passion for building community, fostering partnerships, and advancing environmental education? Communities for a Healthy Bay in #Tacoma is looking for a Community Engagement Coordinator to join our team! www.healthybay.org/who-we-are/e...
Employment | Communities for a Healthy Bay
Diversity, equity and inclusion are core values for Communities for a Healthy Bay. We welcome and value a diversity of people, experience and perspectives.
www.healthybay.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Do you have a passion for building community, fostering partnerships, and advancing environmental education? Communities for a Healthy Bay in #Tacoma is looking for a Community Engagement Coordinator to join our team! www.healthybay.org/who-we-are/e...
First week truly commiting to the productivity approach of Carl Pullein, and I'm quite pleased. Still a lot of tweaking to do, but creating a single "must do" yesterday, and then committing to doing it first today, is great for increased focus and reduced overwhelm. open.spotify.com/episode/0XS4...
MPP - Maximum Procratination Protection
Your Time, Your Way · Episode
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January 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
First week truly commiting to the productivity approach of Carl Pullein, and I'm quite pleased. Still a lot of tweaking to do, but creating a single "must do" yesterday, and then committing to doing it first today, is great for increased focus and reduced overwhelm. open.spotify.com/episode/0XS4...
Lots of new folks are coming onto this platform this week. Welcome! I use this account like I used to use Twitter (mostly professional with an occasional personal but public post), rather than the more personal stuff on Facebook and Insta. That said, I'm pretty rusty at it!
January 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Lots of new folks are coming onto this platform this week. Welcome! I use this account like I used to use Twitter (mostly professional with an occasional personal but public post), rather than the more personal stuff on Facebook and Insta. That said, I'm pretty rusty at it!
This is a reminder that the job posting for the Director of Academic Advising job will close on Friday. See below.
Are you an experienced Academic Advising leader? Consider applying for our new Director of Academic Advising role at UW Tacoma. (And we'd get to work together!)
bit.ly/uwt_advdirec...
#HigherEd #HigherEdJobs #StudentSuccess #AcademicSky
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#HigherEd #HigherEdJobs #StudentSuccess #AcademicSky
UW Human Resources
University of Washington Human Resources
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January 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is a reminder that the job posting for the Director of Academic Advising job will close on Friday. See below.
Planning an epic trip to Alaska in summer 2026. Drop your suggestions, must-sees, and more please!
a picture of a road with the words hello alaska on it
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January 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Planning an epic trip to Alaska in summer 2026. Drop your suggestions, must-sees, and more please!
Wishing everyone a wonderful new year with this older but still amazing comic. (I don't see @IWIcomics on Bluesky, but happy to credit them!)
December 31, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Wishing everyone a wonderful new year with this older but still amazing comic. (I don't see @IWIcomics on Bluesky, but happy to credit them!)
Are you an experienced Academic Advising leader? Consider applying for our new Director of Academic Advising role at UW Tacoma. (And we'd get to work together!)
bit.ly/uwt_advdirec...
#HigherEd #HigherEdJobs #StudentSuccess #AcademicSky
bit.ly/uwt_advdirec...
#HigherEd #HigherEdJobs #StudentSuccess #AcademicSky
UW Human Resources
University of Washington Human Resources
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December 19, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Are you an experienced Academic Advising leader? Consider applying for our new Director of Academic Advising role at UW Tacoma. (And we'd get to work together!)
bit.ly/uwt_advdirec...
#HigherEd #HigherEdJobs #StudentSuccess #AcademicSky
bit.ly/uwt_advdirec...
#HigherEd #HigherEdJobs #StudentSuccess #AcademicSky
Great job alert! Director of the Office of Research at UW Tacoma. #HigherEd #HigherEdJobs uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidat...
UW Human Resources
University of Washington Human Resources
uwhires.admin.washington.edu
December 16, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Great job alert! Director of the Office of Research at UW Tacoma. #HigherEd #HigherEdJobs uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidat...
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A survey of undergrads reveals they are highly concerned about climate change impacts (eg on food systems) & optimistic about solutions. While students show varying knowledge on drivers and mitigation, those informed on one topic (eg GMOs) often excel in others. journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
What undergraduate students know and what they want to learn about in climate change education
Climate change education is of great interest to many in higher education. What is missing, however, is a sense of how students view climate change especially with respect to specific impacts such as ...
journals.plos.org
December 16, 2024 at 8:05 AM
A survey of undergrads reveals they are highly concerned about climate change impacts (eg on food systems) & optimistic about solutions. While students show varying knowledge on drivers and mitigation, those informed on one topic (eg GMOs) often excel in others. journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
Honored to co-present a webinar in support of the Change with Analytics Playbook! Check out this free resource here: changewithanalytics.com
Thank you to CIMA (Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)) and NACUBO (NACUBO) for the invite!
Thank you to CIMA (Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)) and NACUBO (NACUBO) for the invite!
December 11, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Honored to co-present a webinar in support of the Change with Analytics Playbook! Check out this free resource here: changewithanalytics.com
Thank you to CIMA (Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)) and NACUBO (NACUBO) for the invite!
Thank you to CIMA (Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)) and NACUBO (NACUBO) for the invite!
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Thanks all for sharing this ad! #ConservationJobs 🦤🌎🧪
We’re hiring — this is a great job!
JOB: Director of Conservation (Ontario), @ncccnc.bsky.social
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⭐️ Senior role
⭐️ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
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#ConservationJobs
JOB: Director of Conservation (Ontario), @ncccnc.bsky.social
⭐️ Flexible location in Ontario
⭐️ Senior role
⭐️ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
⭐️ www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
#ConservationJobs
November 30, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Thanks all for sharing this ad! #ConservationJobs 🦤🌎🧪
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Excited to share a new opportunity in my new lab at Cambridge!
We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation.
3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/
We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation.
3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
November 29, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Excited to share a new opportunity in my new lab at Cambridge!
We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation.
3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/
We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation.
3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/
They're never too old for tradition.
November 28, 2024 at 5:32 PM
They're never too old for tradition.
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Did you want to be a marine biologist when you were a kid?
I can help you achieve your childhood dream- for a day, at least.
And you help support the lab’s outreach efforts!
I can help you achieve your childhood dream- for a day, at least.
And you help support the lab’s outreach efforts!
I can take you and a group of up to 15 people (that you organize) on a shark research expedition in Florida!
You’ll help us catch, measure, and sample sharks, while raising money for the lab’s outreach efforts.
If you (and a group, not you as an individual) are interested, please PM me!
You’ll help us catch, measure, and sample sharks, while raising money for the lab’s outreach efforts.
If you (and a group, not you as an individual) are interested, please PM me!
November 23, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Did you want to be a marine biologist when you were a kid?
I can help you achieve your childhood dream- for a day, at least.
And you help support the lab’s outreach efforts!
I can help you achieve your childhood dream- for a day, at least.
And you help support the lab’s outreach efforts!
Reposted by Bonnie J Becker
Lots of new followers, so let's offer this again:
Join me on a shark research expedition! I can take up to 15 guests, all 16+. You'll help us catch, tag, measure, and sample the sharks!
This raises money for the lab's public education efforts.
Interested? DMs open, or WhySharksMatter @ gmail
Join me on a shark research expedition! I can take up to 15 guests, all 16+. You'll help us catch, tag, measure, and sample the sharks!
This raises money for the lab's public education efforts.
Interested? DMs open, or WhySharksMatter @ gmail
a blue and white shark mascot is standing on a stage in front of a nbc logo
ALT: a blue and white shark mascot is standing on a stage in front of a nbc logo
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November 20, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Lots of new followers, so let's offer this again:
Join me on a shark research expedition! I can take up to 15 guests, all 16+. You'll help us catch, tag, measure, and sample the sharks!
This raises money for the lab's public education efforts.
Interested? DMs open, or WhySharksMatter @ gmail
Join me on a shark research expedition! I can take up to 15 guests, all 16+. You'll help us catch, tag, measure, and sample the sharks!
This raises money for the lab's public education efforts.
Interested? DMs open, or WhySharksMatter @ gmail