The Foley Scholars Endowment has named Kelly Caine, a Ph.D. student inthe School of Psychology, and Christopher Le Dantec, a Ph.D. studentspecializing in human-centered computing from the School ofInteractive Computing, as the 2008-2009 Foley Scholars. The Foley ScholarsEndowment was established a year ago during the 15th Anniversary ofthe GVU Center and each year provides direct financial gifts of $5,000 totwo outstanding graduate students active in research at GVU. The awardwas established by colleagues of Jim Foley and GVU alumni to honorFoley's significant contributions in the field of computing, hisinfluence on the work of others and his dedication to the developmentof new research directions. This year's Foley Scholars were selected byan advisory board comprised of GVU alumni, current faculty and industrypartners. Caine and Le Dantec were selected from a groupof eight finalists: Ben Davison, Nick Diakopoulos, Marshini Chetty,Matt Flagg, Erika Poole and Thomas Smyth, all Ph.D. students incomputing. The finalists and recipients of this year's FoleyScholarship were honored at a dinner co-hosted by long-time GVUindustrial partner Motorola on October 22.