Hugi Excellence Award Winners
2007
In the category of Academic Technology | CLEo - Implementing the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment • Office of Technology, Whitman College
CLEo (Collaboration and Learning Environment [online]) is Whitman College's successful implementation of the community source Sakai Project. Whitman is the first U.S. institution to completely and successfully migrate from a commercial vendor to the Sakai platform, and was recognized in a "Sakai Spotlight"by the Sakai Community.
In the category of Technology Infrastructure | Outdoor Campus Public Safety Camera System • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The Campus Camera and Emergency Call Station system enhances the safety and security of staff and visitors to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Their implementation leverages both state-of-the-art wireless mesh technology and commodity wireless technologies.
In the category of IT Management and Administration | Unclassified Cyber Security Awareness Training • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has endeavored through a number of initiatives to raise the awareness of cyber security issues and challenges both at work and at home. Elements of the multi-faceted awareness and education program include on-line training (mandatory for all staff and extended-stay visitors), posters, postcards, and newsletters.
Other Notable Practices (2007)
2006
Catalyst WebQ for Research • The Office of Learning Technologies at the University of Washington
Catalyst provides tools and services to help faculty, students, researchers, and staff achieve their teaching, learning, and research goals. Technology is viewed as a means to this end--specifically through WebQ, a collaboration and communication tool designed by the Catalyst group and available to the whole UW community.
View the press release here.
2005
Orbis Cascade Alliance
The Orbis Cascade Alliance is a library consortium composed of 31 public and private colleges, community colleges, and universities in Oregon and Washington. The Alliance provides a range of services to member libraries, and to other libraries in the region. Chief among these are the Summit union catalog, Summit Borrowing, electronic resource purchasing (ejournals, ebooks, databases), and courier service.