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Call for Nominations for the 2005 UCGIS Education Award

The UCGIS Education Committee is pleased to call for nominations for the 2005 UCGIS Educator of the Year Award for an individual who has made outstanding contributions to GIScience education.

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 shall be reviewed by a subcommittee of the Education Committee empanelled and chaired by the 2004 awardee, Dr. Karen Kemp. The Education Award Committee may identify additional nominees or choose 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 Committee. However, only people affiliated with UCGIS member institutions may make official nominations or serve on the Award Committee.

Nominations should be forwarded to David DiBiase, Chairperson, UCGIS Education Committee, by April 15, 2005, 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). The award will be presented at the 2005 UCGIS Summer Assembly at Jackson, Wyoming, June 29-July 1, 2005.

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