Pictured left to right areUSM Professor David Harris, Maine State Senate President Beth Edmonds, and USM Interim President Joseph Wood.

March 2008

Maine Campus Compact, a consortium of 18 higher education institutions dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement, and service-learning in higher education, is pleased to present David Harris of University of Southern Maine's Lewiston Auburn College with this year's Harward Award for Service Learning Excellence.  The award, now in its 7th year, honors faculty who have demonstrated a commitment to using service learning to address community needs.

David Harris' service learning efforts include utilizing Geographical Information Systems to formulate maps of food insecurity in Lewiston and analyzing data for the Maine Island Trail Association to help inform land use policy.  He relishes bringing "real world" science to his students and helps further Maine Campus Compact's efforts as an active advocate for service learning.

Harris was presented with this award at a ceremony at the State House on April 2nd.