IDEA AwardsThe Richard Rose Award

The Richard Rose Award recognizes extraordinary individual contributions to extending the reach of advanced networking from research universities to the broadest education community, including primary and secondary schools, community colleges, libraries, museums, and other cultural, artistic, historic, and scientific organizations throughout the United States.

Nominations for the 2010 Rose Award open January 27, 2010.

The 2009 Winner was announced at the Spring 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting.

Background

The award is named in honor of Richard Rose (1947-2007), who was an early leader in the National Internet2 K20 Initiative. Richard was executive director of the University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System (UMATS) and the University System of Maryland (USM) Office of Information Technology. He was an indefatigable advocate for extending the Internet2 Network to students at all levels—in both formal and information education—in the U.S. to broaden and deepen opportunities in learning, scholarship, and science. Richard Rose was, and remains, an inspiration to his colleagues working in the National Internet2 K20 Initiative.

Recipients

Each year, the Rose Award honors a K20 educator and/or technologist with a demonstrable impact on the K20 community by extending advanced networking, content, and services to this broad array of institutions and constituents; a leaders with the capacity to bring together diverse communities around common goals and projects; an individual with an accumulated record of accomplishments in the Internet2 K20 community.

Nominations

In order to nominate someone, please submit a letter or recommendation illustrating her/his contributions to the goals of the Internet2 K20 community. Please submit nominations to Louis Fox, chair of the Richard Rose Awards Committee, at lfox@internet2.edu.

Timeline

January 27, 2010 : Nominations Open

March 15, 2010: Nominations Close

April 27, 2010: 2010 Richard Rose award presented at the Spring 2010 Internet2 Member Meeting in Arlington, Virginia

Awards Committee

  • Carol Willis (Texas Education Telecommunications Network, and 2009 Richard Rose Award Recipient)
  • Jennifer Oxenford (Strategic Planning Consultant for Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2, and 2009 Richard Rose Award Recipient)
  • Louis Fox (Internet2, Awards Committee chair)

 

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