4:50 p.m., Sept. 20, 2007--Free bus shuttle service to and from Coast Day 2007 is being offered to University of Delaware students, employees and members of their immediate families on Sunday, Oct. 7.

Buses will depart from the Robinson Hall parking lot on the Newark campus at 9 a.m. and arrive in Lewes at approximately 11 a.m. They will depart from Lewes at 4 p.m. and return to Newark by 6 p.m.

Reservations are necessary to secure a spot and must be made by 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 4, by calling the Marine Public Education Office at (302) 831-8083.

Coast Day events include a number of fun, educational activities focusing on the sea and on increasing public awareness of marine resources. Admission to the event, which runs from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, is free.

The event is hosted by the Delaware Sea Grant College Program and the UD College of Marine and Earth Studies.

For a full lineup of the Coast Day 2007 schedule, go to [www.ocean.udel.edu/coastday].