2007 Travel Grant Winners Announced

By Will Wakeling, Chair, SSP Grants and Scholarships Committee

SSP is pleased to announce the 10 Travel Grant winners for 2007. This grant supports travel to and attendance at the SSP Annual Meeting for students of publishing and information science and early career publishing professionals in the first three years of employment.

Student Travel Awards

• Selenay Aytac, Long Island University
• DeMisty Bellinger, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
• Sonya Fogg, Texas Woman’s University
• Carolyn Hank, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Mary-Ann McHugh, Arizona State University

Early Career Travel Awards

• David Hartogs, American Geophysical Union
• Andrew Kenyon, SUNY Press
• Shana Kimball, University of Michigan University Library
• Antonio Montalvan, Capitol University Press, Philippines
• Christine Polcino, Heldref Publications

Awardees will be paired with mentors who hold senior management positions within SSP member organizations. Mentors will help grantees plug into the educational and networking opportunities available at the 29th Annual Meeting, to be held June 6-8 in San Francisco.

SSP is grateful to the following organizations whose contributions help to make the SSP Travel Grants possible:

• Highwire Press
  
• Inera
  
• Rockefeller University Press
  
• Sage Publications
  

Additional sponsorships are invited for the 2007 Travel Grants. Please contact Development Committee chairs Dan Tonkery or Janice Fleming for details.

"We welcome the Travel Grant recipients to the Annual Meeting and anticipate that their contributions will bring a fresh perspective," said Judy Luther, SSP President. "Given the rate of change today, we can learn from those in related industries and updated degree programs. I encourage our members to take a moment to speak with them and welcome them to SSP."