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Winter 2006
Issue 1 Vol 8
 
Call for Nominations and Papers

UCGIS Education Award

The UCGIS Education Committee is pleased to invite nominations for the 2006 UCGIS Education Award. The award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to GIScience education. Nominations received by April 15, 2006, will be considered. The award will be presented at the 2006 UCGIS Summer Assembly.

Contributions of national significance may include:

  • Sustained effectiveness in teaching in formal GIScience courses;
  • Enhanced public awareness of GIScience through informal science education;
  • Supervision of outstanding graduate students entering careers in GIScience education and research and GIScience related professions;
  • Authorship or editorship 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.

Nominations should include the following information:

  • Nominee's name;
  • Nominee's affiliation(s);
  • Nominee's contact information;
  • Evidence of the nominee's contributions to GIScience education (including references and/or offprints of significant publications);
  • Explanation of the significance of the nominee's contributions;
  • Nominator's name;
  • Nominator's affiliation; and
  • Nominator's contact information.

Nominations submitted prior to 2006 but not selected for the award will be reconsidered in the this year’s deliberations. Old and new nominations will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the Education Committee chaired by the previous Education Awardee. 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 applicable, shall be forwarded to the UCGIS Board for final approval. All GIScience educators worldwide are eligible for the award, except for the current members of the Education Award Subcommittee. However, only people affiliated with UCGIS member institutions may make official nominations or serve on the Award Subcommittee.

Nominations should be forwarded to David DiBiase, Chairperson, UCGIS Education Committee, by electronic mail (dibiase@psu.edu) or regular mail (David DiBiase, Director, Dutton e-Education Institute, 2217 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA 16802).

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