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2012 UCGIS Education Award

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The UCGIS Education Committee invites nominations for the 2012 UCGIS Education Award. The award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to GIScience education. The award is intended to recognize a career of professional contributions of both national and international significance to GIScience education. Such contributions may be reflected in (but not limited to):

• Effective teaching of formal GIScience courses
• Enhancing public awareness of GIScience
• Mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students who enter careers in GIScience related professions
• Authorship of significant GIScience textbooks
• Publication of significant research concerned with GIScience education
• Leadership in developing GIScience education across the campus
• Leadership in GIScience curriculum development
• Leadership in the development of GIScience education policy

All GIScience educators worldwide are eligible for the award, except for previous awardees and current members of the Education Award Subcommittee. However, only affiliates of UCGIS member institutions may make official nominations.  To nominate an educator for the award, submit the following to the Brandon Plewe, the UCGIS Education Committee Chair, at plewe@byu.edu  by March 1, 2012:

• A nominating letter (e-mail is acceptable), containing basic contact and affiliation information for the nominee, and a brief summary of the nominee's contributions to GIScience education (1 page or less)
• A document describing and justifying the specific contributions of the nominee, as suggested above; a complete vita is not necessary, but please provide citations for published works (2-3 pages)

Nominations will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the Education Committee. The Education Award Subcommittee may identify additional nominees, or may recommend that no award be given in a particular year. The UCGIS Board of Directors will give final approval of the award recipient. The award will be presented at the UCGIS Spring Symposium, May 29-June 1 2012, in Washington, DC.
 
For your information, here are the past award recipients:

2010 - Robert McMaster                    2005 - David Dibiase

2009 - David M. Mark                        2004 - Karen Kemp

2008 - Michael Phoenix                      2003 - Keith Clarke

2007 - Duane Marble                          2002 - Michael Goodchild

2006 - David Unwin                           2001 - Barbara Buttenfield