Dec 31, 2008
Quotes from EDSF Scholarship Recipients
“Thank you for the EDSF scholarship. I was not expecting to be chosen for this award, and it certainly has added to the joy and excitement of my upcoming first year at college. The world as we know it continues to become smaller as we become more connected with advanced communications. It is a most exciting future that I expect to be part of.”
Brian Sawford, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Computer Engineering, Drexel University
“For the third time in as many years, let me thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generosity. It is only because of scholarships that I was able to attend university in the first place. Now I am a proud graduate with not one, but two, degrees. I will forever remain grateful for the support EDSF has given me on my way there.”
Daniel Ramsbrock, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Master of Science, Computer Science, University of Maryland
“In my first semester at a U.S. school, it is difficult to adapt to a new education system, new environment and new language. This scholarship will help me overcome these difficulties and makes me more self-confident and certain of my future success as an IT expert.”
Olga Labazova, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Master of Science, Computer Science, Northeastern Illinois University
This scholarship will be very valuable to me as I pursue my studies in Ontology Engineering, an intermingling of document management and knowledge management, which I believe will significantly change the way we locate and use information in the future.”
Amineh Fadhil, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Master of Science, Computer Science, Concordia University
“I was surprised and honored to be awarded two scholarships by EDSF. This financial assistance will help me complete my education and prepare myself to work toward a senior management position at a small to mid-sized printing or publishing company.”
Jennifer Dadlow, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Graphic Arts Management, Ball State University
“With the title of Woman of Distinction and this scholarship to continue my endeavors, I feel that the world is my oyster and there is nothing I can’t do or succeed in. I am thrilled to continue my journey to greatness every day. It is your encouragement that allows me to never give up, fall or look back.”
Casey Clarke, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Master of Science, Print Media, Rochester Institute of Technology
“I am certain my degree and future work will be closely intertwined with the digital document industry. This EDSF scholarship will help me finish my education and move on to making a strong contribution to the industry.”
Lenore Brown, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Computing Science, University of Alberta
“This scholarship assists me in pursuing an advanced degree. Having been an information developer at IBM for the past five years, I have developed a passion for working with digital documents. With my degree, I hope to further the field of digital documents in the software engineering discipline and beyond.”
Lorrie Barber, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Master of Science, International Business, St. Johns University, Rome, Italy
EDSF made an otherwise financially impossible education possible for me. I am grateful and always appreciate that the organization ensures the success of its scholars by keeping in contact and by passing along job opportunities that could be of interest to its scholars. Their work is important and necessary in a nation in desperate need of educated youth.
Lourdes Genao, 2004 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Master of Science, Marketing, Bentley College
I am grateful to EDSF for helping while I was in school, and for staying in touch and caring about my professional growth now.
Julia Nordstad, 2004 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Bachelor of Science-Computer Science, The University of Memphis
Never give up on your dreams no matter what obstacles.
Tiffany Harris, 2004 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Media, Arizona State University
Just wanted to thank you again for the scholarship you gave me in 2003. That support was a financial blessing at the time when I needed it the most.
Catherine Reynolds, 2003 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Bachelor of Science, Electronic Media Arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
In the Information Age, electronic document technology is an inseparable part of today’s industry that provides competitive advantage. I am excited to have an opportunity to contribute to the document management industry from an IT perspective and apply document management principles for enabling business' agility and empowering transformation to stay continuously in-tune with the business.
Aleksandr Pelts, 2001 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
“Thanks to the financial assistance offered by this EDSF scholarship, I will be able to continue to strengthen my academic abilities and will do my best to contribute to advances in the document communications industry. Your generosity has had a profound impact on my life.”
Maxim Sorokoletov, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Master of Business Administration, Master of Science, Information Systems, University of Colorado at Denver
“I firmly believe that all of the knowledge I obtain in Digital Media Studies will help me tremendously as I prepare to enter the document industry. Thanks, EDSF, for helping make this possible.”
Meghan Len Tonjes, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Digital Media Studies, University of Detroit Mercy
“Technological advancements will impact the way individuals look at and treat documents. From e-paper to RFID tracking, many of these technologies are still in their infancy but rapidly gaining hold. This EDSF scholarship will help me complete my education and begin making contributions to this important work.”
John Yogodzinski, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Graphic Communications Management, Pennsylvania College of Technology
I love printing because there is something new to be learned everyday and it never gets old with all the new technology that is being developed. Thank you EDSF for giving me the support needed to continue on with my career!
Katie Burkett, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Bachelors, Graphic Communications, Georgia Southern University
I have truly benefited from receiving a scholarship from EDSF. It has enabled me to continue my education and also motivated me to go longer than the associate’s degree. Now I will be able to work in the field or teach in the field. I am really looking forward to teaching in this particular field. Thank you for enabling me to reach a goal that I truly have been fostering.
Debra Cazares, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
Kingwood College, Visual Communications & Teaching
I would like to express my sincerest thanks to EDSF for awarding me the Board of Directors Scholarship during the past three school years. These awards greatly assisted me in covering my educational expenses, continuing my education, and succeeding in my future career.
Maxim Sorokoletov, 2006 EDSF Scholarship Recipient
University of Colorado at Denver, Masters of Science Information Systems, Master of Business Administration
Education Award Winners
"To be recognized on our project of education in digital technology shows we are in the right way to prepare professionals for the new business opportunities. That certainly will help them build successful careers."
I'm very proud of getting such an honour.
Manoel Manteigas de Oliveira, 2007 EDSF Excellence in Education Award
Digital Print Education Center
“I know of nothing more rewarding than helping incarcerated adults turn their lives around through training for rewarding careers in the graphic communication industry. To be honored by the Electronic Document Systems Foundation’s Excellence in Education Award for work I so love is both humbling and deeply appreciated.”
From the Principal at Charlie’s School
“All of us are very happy for Charlie who is a one in a hundred natural born teacher.”
Charlie Benjamin, 2007 EDSF Excellence in Education Award
Occupational Skills Training Center
“This recognition from EDSF is totally unexpected and wholeheartedly welcome as a tribute to the team that has been working on the PrintIT! project. Although each one is involved because of their passion for the printing industry and their belief in the objectives of the programme, it is still very gratifying to receive such an accolade from an organisation whose vision is an inspiration to all in the business of document management and communications.”
Paul Evans, 2007 EDSF Excellence in Education Award
PrintIT!
I have been blessed with a career, teaching, and an occupation, graphics that have allowed me to work within the two fields I love, administrators that supported my ideas, an industry willing to work with me in my classroom, students who have found a career and the importance and fun of learning, and a family that has understood and forgiven my 10 to 12 hour days at school for 37 years. My greatest hope is that each of my students can find the same happiness in their careers that I have had in mine!
Michael Stinnett, 2007 EDSF Educator of the Year Award
Royal Oak High School
“I started my employment at RIT since 1976. My professional life has been focusing on three major activities: (1) teaching and advising students, (2) conducting applied research and publishing research findings, and (3) revising course contents and keeping the curriculum relevant. Thirty years later, I’m still passionate about teaching and research. It’s a great honor to be selected as the recipient of the EDSF 2007 Educator of the Year. On one hand, the recognition reflects the excellence of RIT as an educational institution. I’m grateful to my colleagues who collaborated with me, to my administration who supported me, and to my students who appreciated me. On the other hand, the EDSF Educator of the Year recognition confirms that passion and constancy of purpose are two important guiding principles in making a living and living a life.”
Robert Chung, 2007 EDSF Educator of the Year Award
RIT School of Print Media
“The graphic communication industry is ever-changing which makes my job very exciting and rewarding. I am honored to receive this prestigious award and to be recognized for my passion for teaching and learning.”
Lorraine Donegan, 2006 EDSF Educator of the Year Award
Assistant Professor, Graphic Communication Department, California Polytechnic State University
“Thank you EDSF selection committee, partners and benefactors for this most humbling recognition. This award recognizes the hard work and sacrifice that teachers, mentor and partners have given to prove that all we need to do is imagine the possible, and then make it possible. It is through our service to others that we can make this world a better place.”
John P. Santos, 2006 EDSF Educator the Year Award
Lead Instructor, Imaging Sciences and Technology Academy, Manual Arts High School
“We are delighted that EDSF has recognized the innovation and excellence of the programmes in Typography at the University of Reading: it supports our aim to further links with design
educators in the US, and with the document design industry.”
Sue Walker Ph.D., 2006 EDSF Excellence in Education Award,
Head of Department, University of Reading, Department of Typography and Graphic Communications
“To receive this award from an organization as prestigious as EDSF, is a real honor for the staff and advisory board of GATC. We, like EDSF, look forward to continuing to work with the industry to encourage the implementation of new advancements in technology.”
Mark Kapfer, 2006 EDSF Excellence in Education Award
Executive Director, Graphic Arts Training and Consulting Group at, Eastern Iowa Community College District
“I take great pride in being part of a continuum in the education and preparation of young people for careers in, or greater understanding of, the graphics communication industry. I am grateful to be recognized by EDSF and am encouraged to continue investigating ways to expose my students to even more of the process.”
Audrey Hill, 2006 EDSF Excellence in Education Award
Teacher, Albert Leonard Middle School, The Magazine Project