University of New England

UNE student awarded Maine Campus Compact Heart and Soul Award

BIDDEFORD - Sarah Tuttle, a sophomore environmental studies and English major at the University of New England, was one of five undergraduate students in the state to be awarded the 2007 Maine Campus Compact Heart and Soul Student Award.

Tuttle was selected for the award for her involvement with environmental issues. She serves as leader of Earth's E.C.O. (Environmentally Conscious Organization), UNE's student organization that focuses on environmental and social issues. Through this group she organized two educational initiatives: Global Awareness Day, which was added to many UNE faculty members syllabi; and "Eyes of Owls" where she helped to educate college students and local fourth-graders about owls.

The Maine Campus Compact Heart and Soul Student Award is given to selected undergraduate students each year who have been actively involved in turning their campuses and communities into places of democracy through raising their voices on issues of local and global importance. Recipients also demonstrate leadership through their successful involvement of others in their innovative approaches to social, educational, environmental, health, economic and/or legal issues facing their communities.

Maine Campus Compact is a coalition of 18 member campuses whose purpose is to catalyze and lead a movement to reinvigorate the civic mission of higher education. They seek to transform these campuses in ways that develop better informed active citizen problem-solvers, stronger communities and a more just democratic society.

(Press release posted April 17, 2007)