ADEC Program Panel and PCOs present awards
Exemplary Service, ADEC Infrastructure, Barrier Buster and Outstanding Educational Program awards received
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 6, 2000
American Distance Education Consortium
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Washington, D.C. - The American Distance Education Consortium presented several annual awards at its annual meeting here Sunday.
Exemplary Service Awards went to Janet Means and Olivia Ernest, both with ADEC's headquarters office at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Doris Littrell and Linda Cupp, both of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Means, executive assistant for ADEC, has been with the organization since 1995. She manages communications with ADEC members and partners. Ernest, who handles the consortium's financial and contract oversight and reports, joined in 1994.
"They each do the work of at least two or more individuals. They are truly amazing women and we are very proud to have them continue as such an important element in our organization," said Janet Poley, president of ADEC.
Cupp and Littrell were honored for leading development of a national Intellectual Property for Distance Education conference last May.
The ADEC Infrastructure Award went to Jeffrey M. Poley, ADEC technical adviser, UNL, and Gary Atkins, coordinator of instructional services, Colorado State University. Both were praised by Kirvin Knox, vice provost for agriculture and university outreach at CSU and member of the ADEC Board of Directors, for being "behind-the-scenes but critical components of ADEC's success."
The Barrier Buster Award went to Kevin Hayes, of Oklahoma State University, and Michael Burke, of Oregon State University. Burke, associate dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, helped bring to fruition the ADEC National Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching. Hayes was instrumental in the development of telecommunications technology for distance education at OSU, where he was distance education coordinator until last June. He currently serves as the Director of Agricultural Communications Services at OSU.
The Outstanding Educational Program Award went to the University of Wisconsin-Extension and Virginia Tech. Wisconsin was cited for its Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management program, while Virginia Tech was named for its entomology course Insects and Human Society. Oregon State University received an honorable mention for its Master Gardener Botany Module.
ADEC, which comprises 58 universities and other organizations, offers degree programs, academic courses, advanced placement courses for high schools, nonformal education courses and certificates using a variety of technologies. Member institutions offer their program through the consortium, and a number of ADEC offerings are multi-institutional, designed and taught by more than one university.
The ADEC catalog and detailed information about all of ADEC's programs can be found on the Web at http://www.adec.edu.
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