NETWORKS
Internet2 Announces Award to Recognize Individual Contribution to Extending the Reach of Advanced Networking To K20 Community
- Written by: Writer
- Category: NETWORKS
Richard Rose Award honors early leader in the Internet2 K20 Initiative: Internet2 today announced the creation of the Richard Rose Award to recognize extraordinary individual contributions to extending the reach of advanced networking to the K20 Community. Presented by the Internet2 K20 Initiative, in which Richard Rose played an early and influential leadership role, the award focuses on efforts to extend advanced networking and applications from research universities to the broadest education community, including primary and secondary schools, community colleges, libraries, museums, zoos, aquariums, performing arts and cultural centers. Mr. Rose was the executive director of the University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System (UMATS) and USM Office IT, when he passed away in January 2007.
"Richard helped to shape the K20 Initiative through his deep commitment and understanding of how advanced networking could revolutionize learning. I count him among our strongest collaborators," said Louis Fox, director of the Internet2 K20 Initiative. "Personally, he had a gentle, humorous, thoughtful way of engaging even the most ardent non-believers in this work."
The first award will be presented at the Spring 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting to be held in Arlington, Virginia, on 27-29 April 2009. The Award Committee will begin accepting nominations on 16 February 2009 with a deadline of 15 March 2009.
“The Richard Rose Award represents a wonderful opportunity for Internet2’s advanced networking community to recognize the achievements of exemplary leaders from across all educational sectors. Through the K20 Initiative these leaders are changing education in both formal (classroom) and informal (museum, science center, library, etc.) settings. Most importantly, they are ensuring that students of all ages have access to the most advanced Internet tools and resources of today that will allow them to be the innovators of tomorrow,” said Randy Stout, chair of the National Internet2 K20 Advisory Committee.
The award committee includes Marla Davenport of TIES, a cooperative owned by 38 Minnesota school districts that offers cutting-edge software applications, hardware and software, Internet services and professional development designed by educators for education; Sherilyn Evans of CENIC, the organization that implements, and operates CalREN, the California Research and Education Network, a high-bandwidth, high-capacity Internet network specially designed to meet the unique requirements of K-20 community, and to which the vast majority of California's educational institutions are connected; and Randy Stout, research and development coordinator for Kan-ed, which is a statewide network that connects higher education institutions, hospitals, K-12 schools, and libraries in Kansas and facilitates technology solutions Kan-ed members. Louis Fox, director of the Internet2 K20 Initiative will chair the committee.
More information about the award and submission details visit: http://internet2.edu/rose/
"Richard helped to shape the K20 Initiative through his deep commitment and understanding of how advanced networking could revolutionize learning. I count him among our strongest collaborators," said Louis Fox, director of the Internet2 K20 Initiative. "Personally, he had a gentle, humorous, thoughtful way of engaging even the most ardent non-believers in this work."
The first award will be presented at the Spring 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting to be held in Arlington, Virginia, on 27-29 April 2009. The Award Committee will begin accepting nominations on 16 February 2009 with a deadline of 15 March 2009.
“The Richard Rose Award represents a wonderful opportunity for Internet2’s advanced networking community to recognize the achievements of exemplary leaders from across all educational sectors. Through the K20 Initiative these leaders are changing education in both formal (classroom) and informal (museum, science center, library, etc.) settings. Most importantly, they are ensuring that students of all ages have access to the most advanced Internet tools and resources of today that will allow them to be the innovators of tomorrow,” said Randy Stout, chair of the National Internet2 K20 Advisory Committee.
The award committee includes Marla Davenport of TIES, a cooperative owned by 38 Minnesota school districts that offers cutting-edge software applications, hardware and software, Internet services and professional development designed by educators for education; Sherilyn Evans of CENIC, the organization that implements, and operates CalREN, the California Research and Education Network, a high-bandwidth, high-capacity Internet network specially designed to meet the unique requirements of K-20 community, and to which the vast majority of California's educational institutions are connected; and Randy Stout, research and development coordinator for Kan-ed, which is a statewide network that connects higher education institutions, hospitals, K-12 schools, and libraries in Kansas and facilitates technology solutions Kan-ed members. Louis Fox, director of the Internet2 K20 Initiative will chair the committee.
More information about the award and submission details visit: http://internet2.edu/rose/