Our very own Kristen Orth-Gordinier won the Patricia O. McConkey Outstanding Graduate Student Award for her thesis research titled: Social Science Research to Help Advance Regional Coordination and Collaboration of Sea Level Rise Planning and Adaptation on Humboldt Bay.

This is an exciting recognition for all of the great research and service she has put in — specifically related to the topic of SLR — during her time at Cal Poly Humboldt. You can see more about the award and her nomination here.