On behalf of the YouthMappers steering committee, I’m pleased to announce this list of 2017 YouthMappers Chapter Awards.
From information submitted in annual chapter reports, and from our knowledge of these outstanding student-led and organized activities, we have selected a number of chapter groups for special recognition for their inspiring accomplishments over the past year.
Campus Outreach Award
For engaging many students across campus into the YouthMappers chapter, network and program activities, through training, workshops, seminars, mapathons, and GIS Day events.
ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BHUTAN
Geographical Society and Department of Geography and Planning, Sherubtse College
TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY, NEPAL
Geomatics Engineering Students Association
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST, GHANA
UCC Geographical Society
Local Outreach Award
For engaging creatively with the local community around the YouthMappers chapter, network and program activities, events, and vision.
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
Centre for Geoinformation Science
for working with local high schools
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, KENYA
Students in the Departments of Geography and of Geospatial and Space Technology
for mapping informal settlements with local residents
Community Outreach Award
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Humanitarian Mapping Society
For engaging creatively and extensively with various federal and international agencies with humanitarian and development purposes around volunteer mapping, the YouthMappers chapter, network and mapathon events.
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
YouthMappers at TTU
For engaging actively and generously to meet the needs and serve many other YouthMappers chapters through technical support, virtual training, new chapter orientation, mapping the network, and other collaborative activities across the network.
Chapter Partnership Award
For collaboratively building connections across chapters, engaging and exchanging creatively to support mutual interests and contributing to the vision of a global network of YouthMappers chapters working together to define the world by mapping it.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Appalachian Symposium
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI, MALAWI
Chapter training partnership
DHAKA COLLEGE, BANGLADESH
ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN
Chapter training partnership
BUSITEMA UNIVERSITY
UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY MBALE
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
KUMI UNIVERSITY
GULU UNIVERSITY
National Level Coordination
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA GUAJIRA
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA
UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN BUENAVENTURA – MEDELLIN
National Level Coordination
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT GENESEO
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
2-Year College Pathways Event
Women’s Participation Award
For engaging through leadership and membership of a majority of female student mappers into their YouthMappers chapter, enriching the network and program activities, and carrying out a vision for an inclusive community that defines our world by mapping it.
University of Malawi, 51%
University of Pretoria, South Africa, 53.8%
University of Central Florida , 54.3%
George Mason University, 57.1%
The George Washington University, 60%
Makerere University, Uganda, 60%
College of William and Mary, 66.7%
Cornell University, 66.7%
Universidad de Panamá, 66.7%
Asian University for Women, Bangladesh, 100%
Best of Blog Award
Halle Miller
MURPHY, TEXAS
Maliha Binte Mohiuddin
DHAKA UNIVERSITY
Zola Manyungwa
UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI
CONGRATULATIONS!!
