BOY SCOUT OCEANOGRAPHY MERIT BADGE PROGRAM
MAY 20, 2006

Troop 159 (Herndon, VA)

Troop 191 (King George, VA)

Troop 901 (Chesapeake, VA)

Participants representing Old Dominion University's Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CCPO)

and the Department of Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences:

Dr. Eileen Hofmann, Dr. John Klinck, Capt. Richard Cox,

Laura Gibson, Chris Powell, and Julie Morgan

** CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS OF THE EVENT! **

On May 17, 2006, Dr. Hofmann gave an overview presentation to a classroom full of Scouts and Scout leaders at CCPO. The Scouts were completing the requirements necessary to obtain an Oceanography Merit Badge. For the second half of the program, the group went out on the R/V Fay Slover, Old Dominion University's research vessel. This was the fifth such program held since its inception in 2004.Future programs are already scheduled through 2008.

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