Scholars'
Choice Expedition - Kona, Hawaii
June 7 - 28, 2008
The
Imaging Foundation invites ten students
to join their team for three weeks. The second
SCUBA Scholars Expedition will be to Kona,
Hawaii from June 7th - 28th, 2008. Expedition
objectives are: to develop diving skills,observe
and learn more about marine ecosystems, learn "story-telling" and
production skills required for documentary
filmmaking and to learn from local experts
about the terrestrial and underwater Hawaiian
ecosystems.
The
scholars' program was designed not only to teach,
but to empower participants and foster leadership
skills. As the expedition progresses, students
assume responsibility for scheduling, brainstorming,
and running daily operations that are essential
to the success of the expedition.
History
Leaders
Destination
Program
Overview
Expedition
Vessel
Cost
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History
The
Imaging Foundation was founded and is directed
by Stuart alumnae, Georgienne Bradley '77. The
mission of the organization includes using professional
photography and production techniques to promote
interest in marine and other natural environments.
Click
here for more about the history of the Imaging
Foundation.
Georgienne
and other Foundation leaders are making this
classroom opportunity available to students who
wish to participate in an expedition experience.
Volunteers teach a variety of programs and give
young women the opportunity to dive, learn about
the oceans and to experience the responsibility
of team leadership in a real-world environment.
Our first classroom experience was in 2007 in
the Cayman Islands.
Click
here to see what we did in
Cayman.
Leaders
Carrol
Florkiewicz
- Stuart
CDS Faculty Member for 31 years
- Stuart
Athletic Director for 18 years
- Experience
- led over 20 Stuart domestic and
international trips
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Georgienne
Bradley
- Stuart
Alumna '77
- Scientist
- Director
- Imaging Foundation
- Videographer/Writer
- Natural
History Documentary Producer
- Women
Divers Hall of Fame Inductee
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Jay Ireland
- Discovered
Stingray City
- Videographer/Photographer
- Worked in
Cayman Islands for 12 years
- SCUBA instructor
since 1978
- Paramount, National
Geographic, Animal Planet
- among credits
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Destination:
Kona, Hawaii
Kona is located
on "The Big Island" of Hawaii. Away
from the dense tourism hub of Honolulu, its environment
includes volcano, rainforest, natural areas.
The
Big Island's volcanic underwater topography is
a diver's wonderland. Lava tubes, bommies, arches
and huge craters like “Au Au Crater,” create
a spectacular backdrop for Hawaii’s many
indigenous species of butterfly fish. Photographers
will delight in the many patient subjects; including
Spanish Dancers, turtles, mantas and frogfish.
Program
Overview
Throughout
the three weeks, students will look over the
shoulder of our camera people as they document
Hawaii. Tape review and animal identification
will be a daily team duty. We will be using the
Sony F900 high definition camera, the best tool
in the industry. While underwater, the camera
will be encased in an Amphibico Pro-Housing.
The expedition will develop over the three week
Kona visit.
The
first week - Onboard the Aggressor
(our liveaboard dive vessel). Our attention
will be focused on testing diving skills, developing
buoyancy, learning marine emergency procedures
and nautical navigational instruction. Students
will also be given safety and marine biology
orientation. Students will dive several times
each day and receive presentations and seminars
about the flora and fauna of the Hawaiian Archipelago
and around the world. Topics will include creative
solutions to environmental problems, marine
relationships, mutualism, symbiosis and parasitism.
The
second week will be spent topside. At this time,
our entire compliment of students was not reached.
Our second week itinerary has been altered to
accommodate this fact.
June 15 - 20: Topside seminars and video productions are
being planned. Students will also be able to contribute
to community service projects which will provide outreach
and educate others about the underwater environment.
One-on-one
experience assisting with the high definition
camera.
The
third week will be spent, once again,
on the high seas. Equipped with new-found diving
skills, marine biology knowledge and production
acumen, students will dive, photograph and
create short productions. These video resources
will later be made available to teachers and
students via Youtube, the Imaging Foundation
resource center and via other internet distribution
sites.
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