Folio Laurels University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada June 13, 1997

Chanasyk wins 1997 Jim Beamish Award

Dr. David S. Chanasyk, professor of renewable resources and director of the University Water Resource Centre, has been awarded the CSAE/SCGR Jim Beamish Award for his contributions to teaching and research in the soil and water area of agricultural engineering.

During more than 20 years of active teaching, research and administration, Chanasyk's work has covered a broad range including soil physics, irrigation and hydrology, and land reclamation and range management. He has supervised 22 graduate students in the area of soil and water and currently supervises six graduate students.

The award is given annually to recognize the professional excellence of a CSAE/SCGR member. It is sponsored by the alumni committee of Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA).

Keast honored for distance education research

Dr. David Keast, special sessions, Faculty of Extension, has been honored by the Distance Education and Training Association (ADETA) with its 1997 Research Award for his evaluation research project entitled "Access to University Studies: Implementing and Evaluating Multi-Point Video-Conferencing." The evaluation research was based on the collaborative distance education venture in Northern Alberta involving the University of Alberta, Fairview College and Kayas Cultural College.

Keast presented his paper on the project to the Canadian Association of University Continuing Education (CAUCE) Conference in Fredericton, NB in May. The paper also appears in the spring 1997 edition of the Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education.

Guidotti elected director of occupational health organization

Dr. Tee L. Guidotti, professor of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, has been elected to a three-year term as director of the American Colleges of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, founded in 1916, promotes worker and environmental health through preventative medicine, clinical practice, research and education. It is the largest organization of its kind in the US and represents over 7,000 occupational medicine physicians.

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