Upcoming Events
November 6th, 5 PM: Monthly Waterlust Trivia!
Meet us in the CI Hazard Room with pizza and your smartest trivia team for a chance at a $50 Waterlust Giftcard! Sign-up here by 12 PM on November 6th.
November 13th, 1130 AM- 430 PM: Blood Drive!
Meet the Blood Drive truck in the CI courtyard and save a life! Walk-ups are welcome, but you are strongly encouraged to sign-up before here, using the Sponsor Code #0171. If you are planning to attend this event, please get well hydrated and have a hearty meal before you donate, for your own health and safety. Rumor has it, someone on the board didn’t hydrate well enough once, and she said smelling salts do, in fact, wake you the heck up… And you didn’t hear it from us, but there might be some sweet treats after you donate!
Keep in mind, the allowance for donation is quite wide! If you take daily medications of ANY KIND, if you had a drink the night before, or have other ways of relaxing, you can still donate. If you recently got a new tattoo, as long as you went to a clean, certified tattoo artist and your tattoo is fully healed, you too can donate. If you have additional questions, please reach out to the Chowder and Marching Board, as we are assisting with organizing this event.
November 15th, 3 PM- 5 PM: Clothing Swap and Hot Cocoa Social!
Bring your old clothes you’re eager to pass on to a new person who will love them as much as you once did in the Student Wellness Center! This event is strongly encouraged that all Bay Campus members attend, including faculty, staff, and undergraduate researchers!
Appropriate, clean, and ready to be donated clothing can be dropped off in the Conference Room of the Student Wellness Center from November 13th- November 14th. Chowder and Marching will organize the clothes and provide hot chocolate for all those attending. You’ll have until the evening of November 18th to come in and claim any leftover clothes. After which, Chowder and Marching will be donating clothes to a local Narragnasett homeless shelter and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
November 22nd, 7 PM- 830 PM: Pie Contest!
Hosted at Whaler’s Brewery (1174 Kingstown Rd, South Kingstown, RI 02879), 7 PM- 830 PM. Show up with your best attempt at a pie, or just try a bunch of pies. Vote for your favorites, with a special prize for the winner, so better come prepared! Sign-up to enter a pie in the contest here by Tuesday November 19th.
Reminders for campus closings…
Tuesday November 5th: Election Day, campus and offices closed
Monday November 11th: Veteran’s Day, campus and offices closed
Wednesday November 27th-Sunday December 1st: Fall Holiday, campus and offices closed
Briny Bulletin
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Stay connected!
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Executive Board (2024-2025)
President Frankie Lopez (she/her/hers) joins the University of Rhode Island from the sunny west coast! A graduate of UCLA, she is now a Ph.D. student and studies phytoplankton food webs on the Northeast US Shelf with Susanne Menden-Deuer. Frankie loves Taylor Swift, reality TV, and pineapple on pizza.
Vice President Lindsay Grose (she/her/hers) joins the University of Rhode Island from the gorgeous Chesapeake Bay Region! A graduate of UVA, she is now a Ph.D. student and studies ocean mixing with Kathy Donohue and Chris Roman. Lindsay loves to cook and play tennis, and is a part of the Sustainability Committee.
Co-Treasurer Shelby Gibson (she/her/hers) joins the University of Rhode Island from the sunny west coast! A graduate of UC Berkeley, she is now a M.S. student and studies mCDR via alkalinity enhancement on a local salt pond with Jaime Palter. Shelby loves cats, playing mahjong, creative writing, drag, and long walks on the beach.
Co-Treasurer Lauren Kowalski (she/her/hers) joins the University of Rhode Island from the rainy northwest! A graduate of UW, and a Coast Guard Officer, she is now a M.S. student and studies ventilation of the Amundsen Sea in Antarctica with Brice Loose. Lauren has been to Antarctica twice, has two cats, and lives with her husband, Kevin.
Ocean Engineering Representative Gavin Dies (they/them/theirs) joins the University of Rhode Island from Middle Tennessee! A graduate of Tennessee Tech, they are now a Ph.D. student and study noise control methods for monopile offshore wind installation with Jim Miller and Gopu Potty. Gavin once won a baby beauty pageant and performs slam poetry in Providence.
Communications Chair Jasper Meagher (he/him/his and they/them/theirs) joins the University of Rhode Island from the cloudy United Kingdom. A graduate of the University of Southampton, he is now a Ph.D. student and studies deep sea ecology habitat mapping with Andy Davies. Jasper has a pet ball python, leopard gecko, and 2 cats (it’s basically a zoo in their apartment–). He loves drawing, mahjong, and playing his double bass in his free time.
Mission
Chowder and Marching (C&M) is a student organization at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus, whose major objective is to address all GSOE (Graduate School of Oceanography and Ocean Engineering) students’ professional, academic, and social needs and concerns.
C&M is heavily involved in the social environment of the Bay Campus, sponsoring and organizing GSOE activities such as Boat Burning, barbecues, trivia, and more throughout the year. We provide a framework which enhances communication between GSOE students, faculty, and administration, enabling us to identify and address specific issues of concern to students.
C&M determines its specific goals based on the input of the student body. Progress on these goals is reported and discussed at hour-long meetings held on a weekly basis. The organization is led by an Executive Committee elected annually by peers. The primary source of revenue for the Society comes from the generous donations of Faculty, Students, and Alumni. Valid expenditures of these funds are those which promote the goals of C&M.
Past Executive Boards
| Academic Year | Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | Philip Yang - President Jake Harrington - Vice President Fiona Teevan-Kamhawi - Treasurer Lindsay Agvent - Communications chair Jason Noel - Ocean Engineering Representative | |||
| 2022-2023 | Andria Miller – President Mollie Passacantando – Vice President Bryan Plankenhorn – Treasurer Raul Guiterrez – Communications Chair Phil Parisi, Shawn Chambers, Shawn Albertson – Ocean Engineering Representatives | |||
| 2021-2022 | Josh Pi – President Ginny Cousens – Vice President Rebecca Lippitt – Treasurer Coralie Rodriguez – Communications Chair | |||
| 2020-2021 | Kotachi Liu – President Izak Hill – Vice President Isabel Dove – Treasurer Erin Jones – Communications Chair | |||
| 2019-2020 | Luis Pomales – President Matt Dunn & Kyle Turner – Vice President Sarah Nickford – Treasurer Diana Fontaine – Communications Chair | |||
| 2018-2019 | Victoria Fulfer – President Catrina Nowakowski – Vice President Jacob Stock – Treasurer Basia Marks – Social Media Chair | |||
| 2017-2018 | Joe Zottoli – President Afonso Goncalves – Vice President Sam Gartzman – Treasurer Rebecca Stevick – Communications Chair Joe Langan – Outreach Chair | |||
| 2016-2017 | Kira Homola - President Sierra Davis – Vice President Colin Jones – Treasurer | |||
| 2015-2016 | Kira Homola - President Casey Hearn – Vice President Colin Jones – Treasurer Austen Blair – Social Media Chair |