Suzanne Bryan's photo in Costa Rica

Sophie plays with the natural plants that are used to make the dyes that the indigenous people use in their weaving. We are at Boruca, home of an indigenous people living in Costa Rica

Sandra Martin's photo from Costa Rica

Brittany Hinds learns how to prepare a loom from a Borucan weaver from handmade and naturally dyed yarn while visiting the indigenous community of Boruca, Costa Rica.

Jake Larson's photos in Costa Rica

The first is of a photo of Chrissy Sierra during our field trip to Sarapiquí in Costa Rica. She is bagging bananas, which is a perfect example of our experiential learning at Global College.

The second photo is of Emma Harris playing with an indigenous boy. We went on a field trip to Chumiko in order to learn about their culture and we had time to play with the children!

Yoli Maya Yeh's, a Global College staff at the India Center, from CRC when they visited

Photo one was taken in an unusual Afghani restaurant styled as a cave with waiters in safari suits and hats. Who couldn't snap photos in there?

Photo two was taken at the conclusion of the sunrise yoga class.....such satisfaction in the Corpse Pose!

Olamide Holloway photos in Costa Rica and Panama

This picture was taken on a camping trip in Costa Rica, and I was inspired to take it because of the symbolic setting of the sun, the end of a journey meaning the beginning of a new one, and the Global College sweatshirt signifying "Global Scholars."

This picture was taken on a hike in Panama and I was inspired to take it because of the huge forest compared to the small girl walking in it, yet she was completely at one with all the nature.

Camille Lindsey-Larrabee's photos from India on CRC

The first photo was taken at the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, India. While exploring the ruins, I noticed some other students higher up on some ruins and thought it was a cool angle to take a picture. I really love Lizzie's expression in this moment.

The second picture is from a village visit near Madurai. Amy was showing some village children a picture she had just taken of them. Again, I love the expressions on all their faces, and the excitement of the moment.

February Photo Contest Guidelines

Global College Photo Contest, February 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.

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

February Theme:
-Once again, pictures of Global College student(s)! The winner’s pictures of the February Photo Contest may be used on Global College’s new bookmark that will be used in advertising/marketing. We are looking for professional-like, high quality photos for the bookmark. We will give these bookmarks to prospective students, high school counselors, etc. So, these photos need to represent Global College.

Deadline:
-Pictures must be emailed to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before February 27th, 2009. Please only send one email with either one or two pictures.

Guidelines:
-The FILE OF the photo must be labeled 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

Sophie Kirpan's photo from Costa Rica

This photo was captured by Sophie Kirpan on a field trip to Sarapiquí. We visited a small farm where the farmer provided us with tasty fruit and coconut juice!

Sophie Kirpan, first year student at the Costa Rica Center