Susan E Smith's photos from Ecuador and Costa Rica

This first photos was taken in the Amazon of Ecuador on an academic field trip. Our indigenous leaders used a natural berry to pain the students' faces with traditional symbols. Oh yea, and hurray for rubber boots!

This second photo was taken on an academic field trip to southern Costa Rica and the country of Panama at an Eco-Friendly "hotel" in the South-West of Costa Rica in the Corcovado Peninsula. The students stayed in electricity-free tents while we learned about Marine Biology, oceanic changes, environmental changes and local efforts to save the whales, dolphins and rain forest.

Sophie Vranian's photos from Japan

Photo Title: Momiji Season-
Description: This photo was taken at Eigen-ji, or Temple of Eternal Source, on Mt. Zuiseki in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The Japanese are crazy about the seasons, and in the fall when the maple leaves turn brilliant reds and yellows, people flock to the mountains, temples, and other spots to view the leaves.

Photo Title: A Head Above the Rest-
Description: This photo was taken during the Mikoshi matsuri, or festival near Ginkaku-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Two students, Michael and Howard, are shown here returning to the main temple with the men’s group after carrying a heavy shrine around the city for 3 hours.

Sonja Lopez's photos from India

The first photo was outside of Virupaksha temple in Hampi. The picture came out almost dream-like, much like the night where everyone was rushing around for the night puja(prayer).

The second was also in Hampi. This man was sitting close to the reflecting pool in the middle of the ruins.

Kristy Mulcrone's photos from India and Ecuador

One is from this October of tourists at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, and the second is from the second semester field trip in Costa Rica last year to Ecuador, of a couple embracing in Quito Viejo.

Emily Carson's photos in India

Photo # 1 : Taken by Emily Carson: The above photo is taken at Jaipur Foot; It is an NGO located in Jaipur, Rajasthan that creates and administers new appendages to people of all economic status in India. The India Centre did field work at Jaipur foot during the Long Field Trip this Semester.
Photo 2: The photo was taken at dawn break over the sand dunes in the Thar Desert in Rajastan, India.

Ali White's photos in India and Taiwan

First Photo: Benaras at Sunrise. Photographer: Alicia White.
Date: February 2008.
I like this photo because Benaras, like this picture, demands a closer look. In India, there is always so much happening, so many details, and yet it comes together to make something whole and unique, haunting and beautiful. This was taken one morning at sunrise on the holy river Ganga-Ji in Benaras (Varanasi), India. I took this while on CRC.
Second Photo: Statue of the Goddess Abrakabackpack. Photographer: Alicia White. Date: October 2007. This is a beautiful statue I found in Taiwan during CRC. We couldn't pronounce her name in Chinese, though we tried, so we ended up dubbing her Goddess Abrakabackpack- I'm not sure why, but such is the lunacy CRC induces in otherwise earnest world citizens!

Lily Hanson's photos in Turkey and Taiwan

Image One (tu.jpg)by Lily Hanson taken April 2008in Capadocia, Turkey during the Spring Semester of CRC, 2008. A landscape shot of the ancient city of cave dwellings, Capadocia, where Christian millet escaped the violent conflict with the ruling Ottoman Empire. In the foreground, is a tree laden with "evil eyes,"symbolic protectors from evil in Turkish culture. Image Two (IMGP2085.jpg) by Lily Hanson taken October 2007 in southern Taiwan during the Fall Semester of CRC, 2007. This photo was taken from the highest level of a huge temple dedicated to Matsu, the layered roof of which is seen in the foreground. This goddess is worshiped in coastal cities all over the Buddhist world, as she is thought to be a protector of those at sea: sailors and fisherman. In the background is a crowded harbor and the sea.

Sandra Martin's photos in Costa Rica

Photo one: Mantis. I spotted a mantis sitting on a tropical flower in the Tirimbina rainforest reserve, Costa Rica, where our class was on an educational hike. I had no idea what the creature was until a few hours later, when the photo allowed me to look at it in detail. Photo two: Banana Worker. On the trip to Sarapiqui in Costa Rica we took a tour of the Dole banana plantation. Our tour included seeing how the plant is harvested. I found it interesting that during the tour people were not working in the fields, except for the man who came to cut bananas to show us.

Julia Citron's photos in China

The first photo was taken in Suzhou, China. The second was taken in Suichang, China in a room full of Chinese people feeding us warm sweet potatoes and smoking cigarettes.

November Photo Contest

Global College Photo Contest, November 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.

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

November Theme:
-OPEN!

Deadline:
-Pictures must be emailed to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before November 26, 2008. Please only send one email with either one or two pictures.

Guidelines:
-The CAPTION of the photo must include the photographer’s name & date of photo.
-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.
-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.
-All submitted photos must be from an experience while studying with Global College.

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

Questions:
-Contact Susana.Smith@liu.edu

Emily Carson's photo in India

This photo was taken on the India Centre's long field trip to Rajasthan. It is shot in the morning after spending a night on the sand dunes in the Thar Desert.

Larissa Fardelos' photos in India

One picture is of one of the students Becca Brennais in the desert outside of Jaisalmer. The other is a handful of students inside a very old, very historic Jain temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort. These are both photos I took on the long field trip to Rajasthan.