EDUCAUSE Announces 2008 Ryland Fellowship Recipients

EDUCAUSE today announced the following recipients of Jane N. Ryland Fellowships in 2008:

• Sue Arredondo, Houston Graduate School of Theology, Texas
• Patrick Burns, Yavapai College, Arizona
• Matt Fowler, Black Hawk College, Illinois
• Cynthia Hodges, Eastern Shore Community College, Virginia
• Cathy Horvath, Minot State University, North Dakota
• Michael Jewett, University of New Brunswick, Canada
• Jason Piatt, Kent State University – Stark Campus, Ohio
• Kumar Raman, University of Texas-Pan American, Texas
• Henrietta Siemens, Fresno Pacific University, California
• Jodie Steeley, Merced College, California
• Patricia Szymurski, Neumann College, Pennsylvania
• Craig Wheeler, Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas
• Xiaohui Xu, NorthTec, New Zealand

The Jane N. Ryland Fellowship Program helps to develop future IT leaders in higher education by providing opportunities for professionals to attend EDUCAUSE conferences and leadership training events. The fellowships recognize a combination of past achievement, personal and institutional commitment, potential benefit, and financial need. The program is named for Jane N. Ryland, who, as president of CAUSE from 1986 to 1998, recognized the importance of educational programs to support and develop information technology professionals throughout higher education.

About EDUCAUSE

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. The current membership comprises more than 2,200 colleges, universities, and educational organizations, including 250 corporations, with 17,000 active members. Learn more about EDUCAUSE at www.educause.edu.