Tele Atlas and ESRI announced the recipients of their cooperative 2007 ESRI Education User Conference (EdUC) Scholarship Program.
Five educators from the United States and Canada are awarded a trip to the event each year, which includes money toward travel costs and complimentary admission to the conference, held in San Diego, California.
The conference helps educators deliver the latest technological advancements to students by teaching attendees everything they need to know to start or grow geographic information system (GIS) activities and programs. The recipients of this scholarship are honored for their commitment to education. The educators selected as 2007 scholarship recipients are: Rajrani Kalra of Sacramento, California, a geography PhD candidate and new assistant professor in geography; Christopher Lazarski of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a high school social studies teacher and GIS curriculum advocate; Cory Munro of Chesley, Ontario, Canada, a high school geography teacher in a rural community; Bryan J. Thompson of York, Maine, a technology integration educator for K-12 curriculum teaching spatial literacy; and Petra A. Zimmermann of Muncie, Indiana, an assistant professor in geography practicing immersive learning.
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