[Sdi-northamerica] Call for Nominations: 2008 UCGIS Education Award (deadline 30 April)

[Kate Lance]

FINAL Call for Nominations for the 2008 UCGIS Education Award
Nominations Due April 30th
 
The UCGIS Education Committee is pleased to invite nominations for the 2008 UCGIS Education Award. The award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to GIScience education. Announcements of previous awards are published at http://www.ucgis.org/ucgisawards.htm.
 
The award is intended to recognize continuing professional contributions of both national and international significance to GIScience education. Such contributions may be reflected in: 
 
Sustained effectiveness in the teaching of formal GIScience courses; 
Generating enhanced public awareness of GIScience through informal science education; 
Supervision of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who enter careers in GIScience education and research or GIScience related professions; 
Authorship of significant GIScience textbooks; 
Authorship of significant journal articles, book chapters, or monographs concerned with GIScience education;
Leadership in GIScience curriculum development and program design; and
Leadership in the development of GIScience education policy in academic and professional organizations and the public sector. 
 
Nominations must include the following information: 
 
Nominee's name; 
Nominee's affiliation(s); 
Nominee's contact information; 
Substantial evidence of the nominee's specific contributions to GIScience education as set forth above(including references to significant GIScience education publications); 
A substantial discussion of the significance of the nominee's contributions; 
Nominator's name; 
Nominator's affiliation; 
Nominator's contact information; and
In addition to the nominating letter, two or more letters supporting the nomination should be obtained (these should be sent directly to the Chair of the UCGIS Education Committee and not included with the letter of nomination).
 
Nominations will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the Education Committee chaired by the 2007 award recipient, Emeritus Professor Duane Marble. The Education Award Subcommittee may identify additional nominees, or may recommend that no award be given in a particular year. The name of the person selected for the award, if any, will be forwarded to the UCGIS Board for final approval. All GIScience educators worldwide are eligible for the award, except for previous awardees and current members of the Education Award Subcommittee. However, only people affiliated with UCGIS member institutions may make official nominations.
 
Nominations should be forwarded in PDF format to Steve Prager, Chairperson, UCGIS Education Committee, by April 30, 2008, via electronic mail (sdprager at uwyo.edu). Supporting letters and/or questions regarding the process should be sent to the same address. 
 
The award will be presented at the UCGIS Summer Assembly June 23-24, 2008, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
 
 


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