KAREN Awards to MSCS Staff

At a recent ceremony in Auckland, awards were made to a number of people throughout New Zealand who had made an outstanding contribution to the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network. Three Victoria staff members, including two MSCS staff members were honoured as follows:

Sam Searle - KAREN Enabler Award - for her contribution to the goals of the advanced network and her work in helping organise the highly successful 'Building KAREN Communities for Colloboration' conference.

Phil Mansford (ITS) - KAREN Enabler Award - for his contribution to the design of the service and network management architect of the network.

John Hine - KAREN Fellow Award - for his service to the KAREN community from its conception, advocacy and promotion of KAREN (even before it started!) and encouraging capability building and participation in the network.

Sam and John are keen to promote awareness and use of KAREN by Victoria staff and students. For more infromation, feel free to contact Sam (click on her name above for contact details). You can view presentations from the conference at: http://www.karen.net.nz/forum-programme/

Article adapted from Vicnews.