From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:35:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from triplicate-girl.cni.org (account diane@cni.org [192.100.21.35] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 30397927 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:52:28 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_D9779171-EB31-4B5C-945A-73ADE7CD5C85" X-Original-Message-Id: <527C4070-1B62-4C49-8746-E9A7FA1013A2@cni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Subject: Call for Applicants: Paul Evan Peters Fellowship for Information Studies X-Original-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:52:33 -0400 References: <3BB41F90-2CFC-46F2-9AD4-38E78D611719@cni.org> <463E9C73-3499-4906-A457-E643DBED1B1E@cni.org> <6ADFB5FB-15DF-4228-B334-AE1A052CDD4E@cni.org> <6AFFD86D-6EF4-4A74-A840-270374DC80AD@cni.org> <7E21E1F1-D5C0-44E3-8800-8692A4934457@cni.org> X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition In-Reply-To: <7E21E1F1-D5C0-44E3-8800-8692A4934457@cni.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) --Apple-Mail=_D9779171-EB31-4B5C-945A-73ADE7CD5C85 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) invites applicants for the 2016 Paul Evan Peters Fellowship https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship = Applications due no later than MAY 9, 2016 The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was established to honor and perpetuate = the memory of CNI's founding executive director. The fellowship is = awarded every two years to students pursuing graduate studies in = librarianship, the information sciences, or a closely related field, who = demonstrates intellectual and personal qualities consistent with those = of Paul Evan Peters, including: --commitment to use of digital information and advanced technology to = enhance scholarship, intellectual productivity and public life; --interest in the civic responsibilities of information professionals = and a commitment to democratic values; --positive and creative approach to overcoming personal, technological, = and bureaucratic challenges, and --humor, vision, humanity, and imagination. Two fellowships will be awarded in 2016: =95 One to a doctoral/PhD student in the amount of $5,000 per year, = to be awarded two consecutive years. =95 One to a master=92s student in the amount of $2,500 per year, to = be awarded two consecutive years. What Fellowship Recipients Say About the Award: Jordan Eschler, who received the 2014 Peters Fellowship for doctoral = students, used the award to design and execute research that she then = presented at conferences. The award supported the research work itself, = as well as travel to the events. One of her papers detailed a = preliminary illness phase-based information behavior model for young = adult cancer survivors, which will serve as the basis for her = dissertation. Olivia Dorsey was the recipient of the masters level fellowship in 2014; = her master=92s project, =93Visualizing Police Brutality,=94 focused on = visualizing data relating to incidents of police brutality against = unarmed African Americans from 1979-2014. Dorsey currently serves as = Technology Specialist within the IT Department of the Mountain Area = Health Education Center in Asheville, NC. Jessica A. Koepfler received the Peters fellowship in 2010 and she = completed her degree in 2014. She now serves as Managing Director at = Intuitive Company, a user-centered research, design, and development = firm. On winning the award, Koepfler commented, =93The fellowship = provided a source of funding that allowed me to commit myself to a = =91fringe=92 topic like the study of values within the context of = homelessness. Without the funding, I would have been beholden to a topic = that my advisor was funded in rather than getting to be creative and do = something I was truly passionate about. The award is also quite = prestigious and put a spotlight on me early on in my program, which had = the snowball effect of people noticing me. This very likely impacted the = number of great opportunities that came my way throughout my program and = academic career. I am truly grateful for the fellowship and credit it = with being very instrumental to me particularly in those early years of = my PhD program.=94 =93The characteristics that have often been associated with = Paul--positivity, creativity, humor, vision, humanity, and = imagination--are, I hope, dimensions that I also bring to the work that = I do as a scholar and as a teacher," wrote Phillip Edwards, 2004 = fellowship recipient and currently Instructional Consultant at the = Center for Faculty Excellence at the University of North Carolina at = Chapel Hill. Edwards credits the award with helping to broaden his = professional horizons as a student: "Because of this funding, I was able = to travel to conferences which I would have otherwise been unable to = attend, and the interactions I had among other researchers and = practitioners at these gatherings have been more valuable than I could = have ever imagined." =20 Christopher (Cal) Lee, who received the first Peters Fellowship, is = currently Associate Professor at the School of Information and Library = Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he = teaches a variety of subjects, including archival administration, = records management, digital curation, understanding information = technology for managing digital collections, and the construction of = digital repository rules. Links to the application forms, as well as more information about the = Paul Evan Peters Fellowship and the application process, are available = at https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship = . __________________________________________________ Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20039 202.296.5098 | cni.org = --Apple-Mail=_D9779171-EB31-4B5C-945A-73ADE7CD5C85 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) invites = applicants for the

2016 = Paul Evan Peters Fellowship
https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship
Applications due no later than MAY 9, = 2016


The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was = established to honor and perpetuate the memory of CNI's founding = executive director. The fellowship is awarded every two years to = students pursuing graduate studies in librarianship, the information = sciences, or a closely related field, who demonstrates intellectual and = personal qualities consistent with those of Paul Evan Peters, = including:

--commitment to use of digital information and advanced = technology to enhance scholarship, intellectual productivity and public = life;

--interest= in the civic responsibilities of information professionals and a = commitment to democratic values;

--positive and creative approach to = overcoming personal, technological, and bureaucratic challenges, = and

--humor, = vision, humanity, and imagination.

Two fellowships will be = awarded in 2016:

=95 = One to a doctoral/PhD student in the amount of = $5,000 per year, to be awarded two consecutive years.
=95 = One to a master=92s student in the amount of = $2,500 per year, to be awarded two consecutive years.

What = Fellowship Recipients Say About the Award:
Jordan Eschler, who received the 2014 = Peters Fellowship for doctoral students, used the award to design and = execute research that she then presented at conferences. The award = supported the research work itself, as well as travel to the events. One = of her papers detailed a preliminary illness phase-based information = behavior model for young adult cancer survivors, which will serve as the = basis for her dissertation.

Olivia Dorsey was the recipient of the = masters level fellowship in 2014; her master=92s project, =93Visualizing = Police Brutality,=94 focused on visualizing data relating to incidents = of police brutality against unarmed African Americans from 1979-2014. = Dorsey currently serves as Technology Specialist within the IT = Department of the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, = NC.

Jessica A. Koepfler received the Peters fellowship in = 2010 and she completed her degree in 2014. She now serves as Managing = Director at Intuitive Company, a user-centered research, design, and = development firm. On winning the award, Koepfler commented, =93The = fellowship provided a source of funding that allowed me to commit myself = to a =91fringe=92 topic like the study of values within the context of = homelessness. Without the funding, I would have been beholden to a topic = that my advisor was funded in rather than getting to be creative and do = something I was truly passionate about. The award is also quite = prestigious and put a spotlight on me early on in my program, which had = the snowball effect of people noticing me. This very likely impacted the = number of great opportunities that came my way throughout my program and = academic career. I am truly grateful for the fellowship and credit it = with being very instrumental to me particularly in those early years of = my PhD program.=94

=93The characteristics that have often been associated with = Paul--positivity, creativity, humor, vision, humanity, and = imagination--are, I hope, dimensions that I also bring to the work that = I do as a scholar and as a teacher," wrote Phillip = Edwards, 2004 fellowship recipient and currently Instructional = Consultant at the Center for Faculty Excellence at the University of = North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Edwards credits the award with helping to = broaden his professional horizons as a student: "Because of this = funding, I was able to travel to conferences which I would have = otherwise been unable to attend, and the interactions I had among other = researchers and practitioners at these gatherings have been more = valuable than I could have ever imagined."  
Christopher (Cal) = Lee, who received the first Peters Fellowship, is currently = Associate Professor at the School of Information and Library Science at = the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches a = variety of subjects, including archival administration, records = management, digital curation, understanding information technology for = managing digital collections, and the construction of digital repository = rules.


Links to the application = forms, as well as more information about the Paul Evan Peters Fellowship = and the application process, are available at https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship.



__________________________________________________
Diane Goldenberg-Hart
Communications Coordinator
Coalition for = Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20039
202.296.5098 | cni.org
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