Kerry Mitchell's photo from CRC in India

Camille Lindsey-Larrabee celebrates Pongal (harvest festival) with CRC outside of Bangalore earlier this year. The students and faculty were hosted by Dr. Narayan Reddy, one of India’s leading experts and advocates for organic and sustainable agriculture.

Sandra Martin's photo from Costa Rica

Molly Dutton-Kenney bottle feeds baby goats at an organic, sustainable farm in Costa Rica during a 2 week independent study focusing on agriculture.

Anna plays a handmade drum in Boruca. This Costa Rican indigenous community relies on traditional art for income. The drum also depicts a traditional “Diablito” (little devil) mask which plays an essential role in community festivals.

Kayla Wexelberg's photos in India

Both of these photos were taken in Bodhgaya. Bodhgaya is located in Bihar county, the most dangerous, poverty stricken county in India.

The first photo is a photo of Laney Sullivan and the friends she made while in Bodhgaya. The two Indian boys in the photo showed Laney the history of Bodhgaya by taking her to a historic cave on the top of a mountain. It is said that Siddhartha himself meditated in this mountain cave for 6 months of his life.

Laney Sullivan and Kayla Wexelberg dress in Saris by their host mother in Bodhgaya. This was a moment of pure excitement in terms of the cultural integration that occurred for both the students.

Alex Margosian's photo from Japan

This is a photo of a traditional Ryukyu dancer taken on the Japan Center field trip to Okinawa.

March Photo Contest Guidelines

Global College Photo Contest, March 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.

February Winner:
-Lily Hanson’s photos from India are the winners for the Photo Contest in February. Congratulations Lily! You will receive a $25 gift certificate to www.Amazon.com in 4-6 weeks to your email. Please visit http://globalcollegephotocontest.blogspot.com/ to see Lily’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.

March Theme:
-OPEN. But once again, we like seeing pictures of Global College student(s)!

Deadline:
-Pictures must be emailed to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before March 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

Abigail Schultz's photos in Panama and Costa Rica

A Global College student on top of a fortress in Portobello, Panama.

A Global College student takes notes during a discussion at the Quitirrisi Indigenous Community in Costa Rica.

Lily Hanson's photos in India

Student Alexandra Franjola and Professor Anitha Srinivas of the India center wash dishes at the hand pump with street children and runaways during a service learning project in Jaipur, Rajasthan, fall semester, 2008.

Students Becca Brenneis and Catherine Rehberg hold a newborn baby while interviewing Pushpa (in green), 35, outside of the makeshift squatter hut where she and her family of eight have lived for 15 years. Her community, the Bunjaras, is a nomadic tribe thought to be descendants of roman gypsies; they work in construction outside of Jaipur, India. Professor Anitha Srinivas, right, translates.