ADEC Distance Education Awards presented at ADEC annual meeting
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April 3, 2001
American Distance Education Consortium
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LINCOLN, Neb. -- The American Distance Education Consortium, which is based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, presented the 2001 Distance Education Awards at its annual meeting in Tampa, Florida last month.
ADEC's Irving Award, its top annual award, went to Rosemary Haggett, Associate Provost for Academic Programs at West Virginia University, and Daryl Lund, USDA’s Executive Director of the North Central Agricultural Experiment Station Directors. Haggett was honored for her leadership of ADEC's IDEAL Distance Education Initiative. Lund was cited for his service on ADEC's Executive Committee while he was dean of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, a job he held from 1995-2000. He is currently located at the University of Wisconsin.
The Irving Award was established in 1995 in honor of Irvin Omtvedt, former vice chancellor of the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Omtvedt was first chair of the ADEC board of directors.
ADEC also presented several other awards at its meeting:
-- The Infrastructure Development Award went to the National Science Foundation Team, which comprises the University of Illinois, University of Maryland-College Park, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina State University, University of California and Washington State University. The team is heading up an Internet satellite project that aims to explore the uses of the technology in distance education and expand its reach to rural areas.
-- Outstanding Educational Program Awards went to the University of Florida's Food and the Environment Project, Cornell's Web-based Horticulture Project and the IDEAL2 Videoconference Team, which includes members from several universities.
-- Exemplary Service Award went to David Watkins, Cornell University. A charter member of ADEC's Program Panel, Watkins is credited with marketing and publishing efforts on ADEC's behalf.
-- The Bill Murphy Barrier Buster Award went to Dan Cotton, director of Communications and Information Technology for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Cotton worked closely with ADEC President Janet Poley last year on ADEC's successful application for a $4.3 million NSF grant.
-- The National Excellence in College and University Distance Education Awards, which were presented previously at the CARET meeting in Washington D.C. on March 5, were announced. Cornell's Global Seminar: Environmental and Sustainable Food Systems received First Place. The Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (IDEA) and Kansas State University's Master of Agribusiness Program received Honorable Mention Awards.
ADEC, which comprises 62 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 programs through the consortium, and several ADEC offerings are designed and taught by more than one university.
The ADEC catalog and detailed information about ADEC's programs can be found on-line at http://www.adec.edu.