October's Photo Contest Information

Global College Photo Contest, October 2008/2009

Description: With the hopes of contributing to our Global College community through sharing pictures, a photo contest will be held monthly during the two semesters of the 08/09 academic school year.

September Winner:
-Julia Citron’s photos from Cambodia are the winners for the Photo Contest in September. Congratulations Julia! You will receive a $25 gift certificate to www.Amazon.com. Please visit http://globalcollegephotocontest.blogspot.com/ to see Julia’s photos, along with all photos that were submitted for the Photo Contest. You can also share this blog link with friends and family.

October Theme:
-We are looking for pictures of Global College students in front of a historic place or a famous place or in nature in the country where they are studying. Examples would be student(s) in front of a volcano, temple, waterfall, an old building, a governmental building, a traditional house, a historic landmark, an indigenous home, in the jungle, on the beach, with flora & fauna, etc.

Guidelines:
-One person can submit one to two photos per contest.
-There will be one photo contest per month, during the Fall and Spring semester, for a total of eight photo contest during the 08/09 academic school year.
-Global College students and staff can participate.
-There will be one winner per contest.
-The Global College listserve will be used to announce each monthly photo contest, the contest’s theme and the contest’s deadline.
-Each Global College center will post a flyer to announce each monthly photo contest, the contest’s theme and the contest’s deadline.
-The Global College listserve will be used to announce the winner each month.
-Photos must be in “Jpeg” format.
-Photos must be 200 DPI (Dots per Inch), but preferably 300.
-The title of the photo must include the photographer’s name, date of photo and SHORT photo caption.
-All contributed photos will be posted on http://globalcollegephotocontest.blogspot.com/.
- Every picture should come with a one sentence description outlining where it was taken and what captivated the photographer to take the picture.
-Photos must be appropriate, so no profanity, nudity or vulgarity.
-Photos must be emailed to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before the monthly deadlines.
-By submitting photos, the photographer is giving permission for Global College to use the picture(s) to share with the Global College community, for marketing purposes and to be posted on the internet.
Note: One new guideline will be:
-All submitted photos must be from an experience while studying with Global College.

Deadline:
-Pictures must be emailed to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before October 29, 2008. Please only send one email with either one or two pictures.

Reward:
-The photographer of the winning photo will receive a $25 gift certificate to www.amazon.com

Questions:
-Contact Susana.Smith@liu.edu