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BLM Archaeological
Educator Receives
International
Recognition
News Release: BLM heritage education
employee receives International Award
Date of Release: April 17, 2003
Contact: Society for American Archaeology
(SAA)
900 Second St. NE #12, Washington, DC 20002
Direct Contact: SAA Excellence in Public Education Award Committee
Chair,
Patrice L. Jeppson
Day and Evening Phone: (215) - 563-9262 (EST)
E-mail address: pjeppson@kern.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Milwaukee, WI, April, 11, 2003 Jeanne
M. Moe has been selected by the Society for American Archaeology
to receive the 2003 ‘SAA Excellence in Public Education Award'.
The Society for American Archaeology is an international organization
of more than 6600 professional and avocational archaeologists
dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the
archaeological heritage of the America's. This award is conferred
annually for outstanding achievements by individuals or institutions
in the sharing of archaeological knowledge and issues with the
public. Ms. Moe is Director of National Project Archaeology, a
Bureau of Land Management heritage education program that operates
in partnership with The Watercourse at Montana State University
in Bozeman, Montana.
Archaeological sites and their contents
are ‘windows to our past' but these non-renewable resources
are ever more endangered due to vandalism, theft, and population
pressures. Educational instruction can teach young citizens about
their cultural heritage so that they are equipped to make wise
decisions concerning the use and protection of archaeological
sites now and in the future. For more than a decade, first as
Director of the Utah State Bureau of Land Management's Intrigue
of the Past: Archaeological Education Program, and then as Director
of National Project Archaeology, Jeanne Moe has been instrumental
in developing quality educational resources that engage students
and teachers with the citizenship values that underlie efforts
to preserve archaeological heritage.
To date, 5100 teachers in more than
16 states have participated in these programs with more than 150,000
students annually receiving archaeology as part of their educational
instruction. Jeanne Moe's pioneering leadership in archaeological
education has helped make archaeological research available to
the public and has helped combat vandalism and theft of our Nation's
archaeological resources.
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For further information on Jeanne M. Moe or for background information
on these archaeological education programs contact:
Jeanne M. Moe
Director, BLM National Project Archaeology
(in partnership with The Watercourse, MSU)
201 Culbertson Hall, MSU
Bozeman, MT 59717
406-994-7582
E-mail: jmoe@montana.edu
http://www.blm.gov/heritage/project_archaeology.htm
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