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Sally Ong, of Duke University, received the inaugural North Carolina Campus Compact (NCCC) Community Impact Student Award this past Saturday,  Nov. 11,  at North Carolina State University during the annual NCCC Student Conference.

The award is presented each year to students who have made significant, innovative contributions to campus-based efforts to address community needs. Ong was one of 21 college students from across North Carolina to be recognized for outstanding achievement.

North Carolina Senator Janet Cowell and Representative Linda Coleman presented the award to Ong during the conference’s Awards Ceremony Luncheon before an audience of more than 240 college students representing 26 schools and three states.

Ong, a senior majoring in biology, has served as the director of international outreach for Unite for Sight (UFS), an organization that aims to eliminate preventable blindness worldwide. For her work as co-president of UFS at Duke, Ong won several awards and scholarships and was named by UFS as Volunteer of the Year in 2004 and 2005. She also co-founded and co-presided SEE! The World, an organization advocating service-learning and study abroad.

North Carolina Campus Compact (NCCC) is a growing statewide coalition of college and university presidents and chancellors in North Carolina established to encourage and support campus engagement in the community.  For more information, contact Juliet Burras at (336) 278-7278.