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Subject:        Call for Nominations: 2008 UCGIS Education Award
Date:   Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:31:01 -0600
From:   Steven D. Prager <[log in to unmask]>
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*FINAL Call for Nominations for the 2008 UCGIS Education Award*

*Nominations Due April 30^th *



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 ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
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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Steven D. Prager

Assistant Professor

Department of Geography

University of Wyoming

307.766.5378

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http://www.uwyo.edu/sdprager