EDUCAUSE Announces 2009 Ryland Fellowship and Balestri Scholarship Recipients

EDUCAUSE today announced the recipients of the Jane N. Ryland Fellowships and the Diane Balestri Memorial Scholarships for 2009. The Ryland Fellowship winners are:

• Blake Adams, University of West Georgia, Georgia
• LeRoy Butler, Lourdes College, Ohio
• Scott Chamberlain, University of New Brunswick, Canada
• Karen Fraser, Hendrix College, Arkansas
• Liz Gosling, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• Jennifer Gregory, Valparaiso University, Indiana
• Shelley Gross-Gray, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
• Elizabeth Hodas, Harvey Mudd College, California
• Bruce Mayer, Fort Lewis College, Colorado
• Cynthia Miller, Arkansas State University, Arkansas
• Deb Miller, University of North Florida, Florida
• Mary Alice Muraski, University of Wisconsin–River Falls, Wisconsin
• Walter Peters, University of Central Florida, Florida
• Virginia Stewart, Albany State University, Georgia
• Shannon Tucker, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

The Jane N. Ryland Fellowship Program helps 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.

Recipients of the Balestri Scholarships are:

• Credence Baker, Tarleton State University, Texas
• Jodi Casanova, Northern State University, South Dakota

The Diane Balestri Memorial Scholarship is designated to help women new to EDUCAUSE attend an event in order to become involved in the community. The scholarship honors the memory of Diane P. Balestri, former vice president for Computing and Information Services at Vassar College, who died in 2002. Diane was a humanities scholar, academic dean, and IT professional who was a pioneer in the use of information technologies to support effective teaching and learning, an extraordinary collaborator, and an enthusiastic mentor of new members to her professional world.

About EDUCAUSE

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education. EDUCAUSE programs and services are focused on analysis, advocacy, community building, professional development, and knowledge creation because IT can play a transformative role in higher education. EDUCAUSE supports those who lead, manage, and use information technology through a comprehensive range of resources and activities. For more information, visit www.educause.edu.