Rachel Ruppel was named as the first recipient of the Kenneth J. Osborn Memorial Scholarship during the ASPRS 2005 Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, March 7-11.
Ruppel is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. She is specializing in environmental mapping and information and in wetlands ecosystems. Her references indicated extremely strong support for her candidacy and her paper was strong, indicating exceptional potential for an undergraduate.
Ruppel plans to graduate in June 2005 and pursue a graduate degree after several years of work experience in the environmental field.
The Kenneth J. Osborn Memorial Scholarship was established in 2004. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage and commend college students who display exceptional interest, desire, ability, and aptitude to enter the profession of surveying, mapping, photogrammetry, or geospatial information and technology. In addition, the Scholarship recognizes students who excel at an aspect of the profession that Osborn demonstrated so very well, that of communications and collaboration.
This annual scholarship consists of a plaque and a check in the amount of $500 and a one year student membership (new or renewal) in ASPRS. The Scholarship is made to an undergraduate student currently enrolled or intending to enroll in a college or university in the United States, who is pursuing a program of study in preparation for entering the profession in the general area of surveying, mapping, photogrammetry, or geospatial information and technology.
Founded in 1934, ASPRS is an international professional organization of
6,000 geospatial data professionals. ASPRS is devoted to advancing knowledge
and improving understanding of the mapping sciences to promote responsible
application of photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information
systems and supporting technologies.
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