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Massachusetts Maritime Academy Marches Alongside SUNY Maritime in Veterans Day Parade

A combined cohort of cadets from the nation’s two oldest state maritime colleges united to proudly march in the New York City Veterans Day Parade on November 11.

Cadets from both institutions, dressed sharply in service dress blue uniforms, marched along the route with a banner representing the United States Merchant Service and the Maritime Industry. In honor

of the nation’s veterans that answered the call, the combined contingent of band members and honor guard were honored to give thanks to those who have served our nation in times of war and peace.

Maritime College Provost, Dr. Jennifer Waters Shares Expertise on Missing Titan Submersible with News Outlet

Dr. Jennifer Waters represented Maritime College and shared her ocean engineering expertise with the NYC news outlet, Eyewitness News 7, on a segment regarding the Titan Submersible reported missing on June 18 in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Dr. Waters, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs – who has a distinguished career as an ocean engineer, naval architect and academician – appeared in an interview on the evening of June 21 with an Eyewitness News correspondent, as well as with the morning and noon Eyewitness News on June 22 with Eyewitness News anchors and responded to their questions. During her interviews, Dr. Waters explained the purpose of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that was launched to search for the missing submersible and the five individuals on board. In terms of the vessel response to the missing submersible, Dr. Waters discussed the importance of carefully analyzing any debris that would be recovered to determine whether the debris belonged to the submersible. View the segment on Eyewitness News: June 21 https://abc7ny.com/missing-submersible-titan-titanic maritime-college/13411647/

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