The Nature Generation Honors SU as a 'Sustainable Partner'

SALISBURY, MD---The Nature Generation, an environmental nonprofit, recently honored Salisbury University with a Sustainable Partner Award for “dedication and support in inspiring youth to care for the planet.”

Based in Arlington, VA, the Nature Generation empowers youth to make a difference, reaching them via environmental stewardship initiatives in literature, science and the arts. Sustainable Partner organizations help make such programs and education accessible to youth across the U.S.

For nine years, SU hosted ceremonies for the Nature Generation’s Green Earth Book Award, the nation’s first award for environmental stewardship in children’s and young adult literature. In 2014, Dr. Teena Ruark Gorrow of SU’s Teacher Education Department and co-author Craig Koppie won the award for nonfiction for Inside a Bald Eagle’s Nest.

Pictured, from left, is Dr. Cheryl Parks, dean of SU’s Samuel W. and Marilyn C. Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies; Amy Marasco Newton, Nature Generation president; and Dr. Diane Allen, SU’s provost and senior vice president of academic affairs.

For more information, call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU website at www.salisbury.edu.