Sandra L Stosz News

The new center aims to promote education, research and policy innovation on contemporary challenges to America’s maritime interests. The center’s primary mission is to promote interdisciplinary research and scholarship across maritime policy communities and academic disciplines. The center’s initial research focus encompasses the Arctic, governance of marine resource frontiers, coastal management and marine spatial planning and holistic approaches to maritime security. “The Center for Maritime Policy & Strategy is an important organization for the academy and the U.S. Coast Guard,” said Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Superintendent. For more information click here.

The U.S. Maritime Administration and Massachusetts Maritime Academy will host the 5th Annual Women on the Water Conference at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, MA, on October 27th - 29th, 2011. The conference will focus on career opportunities and issues impacting women in the maritime industry.  Rear Admiral Sandra L. Stosz will be the Keynote Speaker. Registration information is available at  http://www.marad.dot.gov/mariners_landing_page/women_on_the_water/WOW2011home.htm.

The Coast Guard will have the first woman superintendent of a military service academy at the helm of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy when classes convene next summer. The commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Bob Papp, has selected Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz, Coast Guard director of reserve and leadership, for the superintendent position. “Rear Adm. Stosz has dedicated her career to developing professional Coast Guard men and women,” said U.S. Coast Guard commandant, Adm. Robert J. Papp. “We are also extremely proud to be the first service with a woman at the helm of our academy. In her current position, Stosz is responsible for policy affecting the recruitment and training of more than 8,000 Coast Guard reserve members.