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Contact: Jan Fiderio 603.283.2107 jfidero@antioch.edu

April 19, 2011 for Immediate Release

Antioch University New England (AUNE) Students Take First in Video Contest

Winning entry shows how AUNE encourages alternative transportation

(Keene, NH) - A video made by first-year Antioch University New England (AUNE) environmental studies students has won the My Energy PlanTM Video Challenge 2011.

Rachel Brett and Alyssa Kassner wrote the script and Jamie Capach produced the three- and-a-half-minute video. It explains the Antioch Commuter Transportation (ACT) initiative as part of AUNE’s effort to reach carbon neutrality by 2020.

The contest was sponsored by Clean Air-Cool Planet, a nonprofit organization working to solve global warming through civic engagement, education and policy.

See the video here, or on the My Energy Plan website.

About Antioch University New England (AUNE)
This is Antioch University New England's forty-seventh year as an institution of higher education. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, AUNE offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values-based master's, doctoral and certificate programs. Degrees in education, leadership and management, environmental studies and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service and sustainability. Antioch University New England is the oldest of Antioch University's graduate campuses. For more information about Antioch University New England, visit our web site at: www.antiochne.edu.

About Antioch University
Antioch University is a five-campus university located in four states. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life and regional or national identity. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information about Antioch University's campuses, its university-wide PhD program, or the Antioch Education Abroad program, visit www.antioch.edu.

Last Updated: 4/20/11