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Internet2 Announces Award to Recognize Individual Contribution to  
Extending the Reach of Advanced Networking To K20 Community

Richard Rose Award honors early leader in the Internet2 K20 Initiative

ANN ARBOR, Mich. February 13, 2009 --Internet2 today announced the  
creation of the Richard Rose Award to recognize extraordinary  
individual contributions to extending the reach of advanced networking  
to the K20 Community. Presented by the Internet2 K20 Initiative, in  
which Richard Rose played an early and influential leadership role,  
the award focuses on efforts to extend advanced networking and  
applications from research universities to the broadest education  
community, including primary and secondary schools, community  
colleges, libraries, museums, zoos, aquariums, performing arts and  
cultural centers. Mr. Rose was the executive director of the  
University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System (UMATS) and  
USM Office IT, when he passed away in January 2007.

"Richard helped to shape the K20 Initiative through his deep  
commitment and understanding of how advanced networking could  
revolutionize learning.  I count him among our strongest  
collaborators," said Louis Fox, director of the Internet2 K20  
Initiative. "Personally, he had a gentle, humorous, thoughtful way of  
engaging even the most ardent non-believers in this work."

The first award will be presented at the Spring 2009 Internet2 Member  
Meeting to be held in Arlington, Virginia, on 27-29 April 2009. The  
Award Committee will begin accepting nominations on 16 February 2009  
with a deadline of 15 March 2009.

“The Richard Rose Award represents a wonderful opportunity for  
Internet2’s advanced networking community to recognize the  
achievements of exemplary leaders from across all educational  
sectors.  Through the K20 Initiative these leaders are changing  
education in both formal (classroom) and informal (museum, science  
center, library, etc.) settings. Most importantly, they are ensuring  
that students of all ages have access to the most advanced Internet  
tools and resources of today that will allow them to be the innovators  
of tomorrow,” said Randy Stout, chair of the National Internet2 K20  
Advisory Committee.

The award committee includes Marla Davenport of TIES, a cooperative  
owned by 38 Minnesota school districts that offers cutting-edge  
software applications, hardware and software, Internet services and  
professional development designed by educators for education; Sherilyn  
Evans of CENIC, the organization that implements, and operates CalREN,  
the California Research and Education Network, a high-bandwidth, high- 
capacity Internet network specially designed to meet the unique  
requirements of K-20 community, and to which the vast majority of  
California's educational institutions are connected; and Randy Stout,  
research and development coordinator for Kan-ed, which is a statewide  
network that connects higher education institutions, hospitals, K-12  
schools, and libraries in Kansas and facilitates technology solutions  
Kan-ed members. Louis Fox, director of the Internet2 K20 Initiative  
will chair the committee.

More information about the award and submission details visit: 
http://internet2.edu/rose/

Media Contact:
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Lauren Rotman
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