3 SGDE Students Win Scholarships!

3 SGDE students are attending the Arizona Geographic Information Council's annual Education and Training symposium on Tony Gonzales Scholarships. 

 

Jake Fell, MA Geography

 

The Tony Gonzales Scholarship was endowed from proceeds of the 2001 Southwest User Group (SWUG) Conference held in Tucson in the Fall of 2001. It has since been supplemented with additional funds from corporate and individual sponsors and from proceeds generated by the Arizona Chapter of GITA. The scholarship includes a full three-day registration, as well as meals and lodging at the Prescott Resort and Conference Center.  Until his death in April of 2001, Tony Gonzales was the GIS Manager for the Arizona Department of Transportation. He was a valued member of the Arizona GIS community and committed to the advancement of GIS and GIS education throughout the State. In memory of Tony, scholarships are awarded each year at the statewide AGIC conference to Arizona GIS students whose work best promotes GIS or GIS education in Arizona.