Semester at Skidaway Alumni Spotlight: Sarah McCaffrey

Sarah McCaffrey, who participated in the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s (SkIO) Semester at Skidaway program in fall 2023, is now working as a Biological Opportunities And Training in Sciences (BOATS) intern at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. BOATS is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates (RaMP) program that provides early career scientists with professional development and research training. 

McCaffrey, who is from Augusta, Georgia, received a bachelor’s degree in ocean science from the Department of Marine Sciences at UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and a minor in ecology from UGA’s Odum School of Ecology in December 2023. 

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