Yoli Maya Yeh's photos from India

Alex Franjola meditate amidst fluttering prayer flags on the suspension bridge at Khandro Sangpo, the Cave of the Dakini, West Sikkim

Here are two photos from a recent field trip to Northeast India:

Larissa Fardelos and Julie Virgin celebrate Holi, also known as The Festival of Colors, in the village of Hat Govindapur, West Bengal. The spring festival is celebrated by throwing colored powder and water.

After a steep hike up above Kecheopalri Lake, West Sikkim, students enjoy a warming breakfast while gazing at the Himalayas

Julie Virgin's photo in Kechopalri, West Sikkim

Seth Robinson looks out along a river in a small village in Kerala at sunset during our two week field trip in the spring.

Seth Robinson, Larissa Fardelos, and Molly Greening pose in front of the Dubdi Monastery in West Sikkim, which was built in 1701.
Alex Franjola poses while on a trip in Kechopalri, West Sikkim. After hiking up a small mountain, students stopped at the summit to see ancient village monastery and numerous stupas, which are mounds of Buddhist relics, in the backdrop of the Himalayas.

Kayla Wexelberg's photos in NY and Washington DC

This photo was taken on Chinese New Year in New York City. It captures enthusiastic student, Sophie Vranian throwing confetti in the streets of China Town.

This photo was taken during the senior semester trip to Washington, DC. Cooper Browning and Alicia White pose in front of the capitol where we met congressman Tim Bishop.

This was taken in front of the capitol as the sun was setting. Brilliant colors spanned across the mall as birds fluttered around, soaking up the last rays of sunshine.

Michael Wakely's photos in Japan

All three photos are from a free music and art exhibit at the Kyoto prefectural office. The man in the first two pictures is using his body to paint to music. The third photo is of the picture that the man painted through his dance.

Jake Larson's Photos from Ecuador

Brittany Hinds holds a Boa Constrictor in the Amazon Basin. Costa Rica students traveled to Ecuador for two weeks. During their stay in an Indigenous Community, the students were allowed to see and hold the Boa Constrictor they use to attract more tourists.

A monkey sits in a tree in a rehabilitation center in the Amazon Basin. Costa Rica students went to the rehabilitation center during their two week trip in order to see some of the wildlife of the area and how people are trying to preserve it.

Brittany Hinds and Alex Olt work in an indigenous community. During their home stay with an indigenous family, the students were able to help make some traditional food and drink.

Sophie Kirpan's photo from Ecuador

Global College students attend a baptism in the Otavaleño indigenous community on their visit to Ecuador.

Sophie Kirpan poses in front of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador where students had the opportunity to stay with an indigenous host family. The guinea pigs were prepared and eaten for lunch later in the day.

Sophie Kirpan and a classmate collected plantains and carried them back to the community on their heads in the traditional way.

Sophie Vranian's photos from NYC

Photo 1: Students Ross Barlow and Tina Von Roedern look closely at the Vietnam War Memorial during the Capstone Semester's trip to Washington DC. Students had some few time between visits to organizations to wander the beautiful parks, visit the monuments and memorials, and view the blooming cherry and magnolia blossoms.

Photo 2: This is student Kayla Wexelberg practicing her poi spinning on the streets of Washington DC during the Capstone semester's field trip to take a look at the cultural hub of the United States. During the trip, students also visited various NGOs and think-tank organizations. Kayla succeeded in capturing the eyes of a few curious onlookers from near-by office buildings.

Photo 3: Student Tina Von Roedern sprays color over the crowd during the Holi/Pagwan celebration in Queens, NY. Tina and Sophie ventured out to Queens from their home in Brooklyn during Capstone semester to participate in the biggest Holi celebration in North America. Hundreds of Indian and Trinidadians came out on the cloudy day to dance in the park to live music and watch traditional dancing, and of course to smear each other with color powder and colored water! Sophie took this photo in one of the brief moments she had her camera out and unprotected.

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.

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

Jake Larson's photos from Costa Rica and Panama

The first photo is of Molly Levine receiving a temporary tattoo from an indigenous woman (member of the Embera Tribe) in Panama.

Sophie Kirpan holds a small child on her shoulders during a parade in Barrio Jesus, Costa Rica.

Marie Grover's photo in Japan

The included photo was taken of two Global College students trying on traditional Japanese clothing, 'Kimono', at the Kyoto Costume Museum in Kyoto, Japan. The students in the picture include: (on the left) Marie Grover, and (on the right/center) Alexandra Margosian.

Lizzie Burrow's photos in Ecuador and China

Nadia Pareja learns to use a traditional weaving loom in Ecuador.

Alex Bowe pictured rests after he climbing up the Great Wall of China.

Amy Johnson's photo from CRC

The advantage of a Global College (Friends World Program) education: deep immersion on local soil! Lizzie Burrows, working on her CRC portfolio, Fall 2008.

January's Photo Contest Guidelines

Global College Photo Contest, January 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:
-Jake Larson’s photos from Panama are the winners for the Photo Contest in December. Congratulations Jake! You will receive a $25 gift certificate to www.Amazon.com. Please visit http://globalcollegephotocontest.blogspot.com/ to see Jake’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.

January Theme:
-Pictures of Global College student(s)! The winner’s pictures of the January Photo Contest will be used on Global College’s new bookmark that will be used in advertising/marketing.

Deadline:
-Pictures must be emailed to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before January 30th, 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

Susan E Smith's photos from Ecuador

This first picture is taken in Ecuador when we went to the Amazon to stay with an indigenous community that is learning about sustainable eco-tourism. In this picture, Global College students are teaching local Quechua children a game after the children taught us one of their traditional games. Sharing...

This second picture is taken in the Amazon of Ecuador as well. Global College students are helping a local indigenous person with the tedious process of degraining dried corn that will then be mashed into powder for cooking tortillas. This process would normally take a person well over a day, however it only took an hour with all the help of the Global College students. Giving...