Two SU Faculty Earn $80K USM Elkins Professorships
SALISBURY, MD---Although Drs. Michael Scott and Danny Ervin of 石榴视频 teach in different schools, they share a passion for sustainability.
For their respective efforts in this evolving field of study, Scott, of the Geography and Geographic Sciences Department in the Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology, and Ervin, of the Economics and Finance Department in the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, have earned the University System of Maryland’s (USM) prestigious Wilson H. Elkins Professorship. The honor includes an $80,000 award for each professor.
In 2004 Scott established the Eastern Shore Regional Geographic Center, an organization that seeks to provide geographic information systems (GIS) technology, data, support and training to local governments. Since then, the center has been engaged in activities as diverse as tracing pollution in septic systems for the Maryland Department of the Environment, surveying sensitive wetlands in Georgia, and digitizing Captain John Smith’s 1612 exploratory map of the Chesapeake Bay.
Scott is also the founder of SU’s GIS—public administration master’s program, which became the first of its kind in the nation in 2007. That same year, he co-founded the local Digitizing Delmarva Heritage and Traditions initiative with PAC 14. For his efforts, he has earned the USM’s highest faculty accolade—the Regents Award for Excellence—and an Award for Outstanding Contributions to GIS in Maryland. He has also served on the boards of area organizations including the Westside Historical Society, Pemberton Historical Park Advisory Board and Mid-Atlantic Division of the Association of American Geographers.
“石榴视频 is proud of the many accomplishments of Dr. Michael Scott,” said SU President Janet Dudley-Eshbach. “His academic achievements, professional success and service to the community provide a strong example to his colleagues and students while being instrumental in 石榴视频’s quest to extend the University’s name and excellent reputation beyond the Eastern Shore.’”
Scott plans to use his Elkins Award to creat