On September 11, 2019, Egan Maritime Institute, in partnership with Nantucket Cottage Hospital, honored two members of the Nantucket community with the Maurice E. Gibbs Commendation Award.
On Thursday, October 10, at the Nantucket Community Pool, eighth graders from Cyrus Peirce Middle School raced their cardboard constructed boats as part of Egan's Sea of Opportunities class.
On October 21 in 1865, a remarkable expression of Nantucket’s unwavering human spirit rescued a sixty-two year old Captain and his four crewmen from a watery grave off the island’s south shore.
On August 7, Egan Maritime's Sea of Opportunities Benefit Luncheon honored Sheila Lucey, Nantucket's Harbor Master, and toasted its founding trustees with special remarks by Nat Philbrick.
In early October 1814, more than two years into the War of 1812, a monumental fight between the Americans and the British took place off the south shore of Nantucket.
At 2019's Lifesavers Recognition Day, Jennifer Hudson, Director of Instruction at Sankaty Head Golf Club, received a Maurice E. Gibbs Accommodation Award. This is her moving acceptance letter.
On World Maritime Day, Egan spreads awareness for its Sea of Opportunities and the maritime industry's stockpile of possibilities for Nantucket’s youth.
For the sixth academic year, the Sea of Opportunities core Oceanography and Maritime Studies class is back in session with 119 eighth grade students.
Maurice E. Gibbs and Jennifer Hudson will be honored at 2019's Lifesavers Recognition Day with the first ever Maurice E. Gibbs Commendation Awards.