Have great pictures you took while studying abroad through NIU? Our 2016 Study Abroad Photo Contest is the contest for you! Open to all NIU students, or past NIU student, who have participated in any study abroad program through NIU in the past 3 years!
Here
are the details:
- Deadline for submissions: WEDNESDAY ,
SEPTEMBER 21ST
- E-mail your four (4 maximum, limit 1 per category) best photos
from your study abroad experience to Kristen at kroenfanz1@niu.edu (please note that this is my e-mail inbox, so send your
photos in separate e-mails if they are large files). Please use the phrase
“Photo Contest” in the subject line of your e-mail. You may also drop off
a CD or bring the files into the office on a flash drive if you
prefer.
- Please indicate which of your photos is being submitted for which
category. Please only submit one
photo per category, but you do not have to submit a photo to each
category. The four categories for
this year’s photo contest are:
- Capture the Culture (send us your photos
depicting scenes of local people, pastimes, and culture)
- Let’s Get Lost (send us your photos
depicting scenes of cities and nature)
- Social Media (send us your photos from Instagram,
#squadgoals, #selfie, #niustudyabroad, etc.)
- Put the Study in Study
Abroad (send us your photos illustrating your
academic experience abroad)
- Please include photo captions/titles
so we can identify what is being seen in the photo! You can do this in your e-mail, use them as your file names, or
send us a separate Word document file.
- People attending the Study Abroad Fair will vote on your photos. The
photo with the largest number of votes in each category will be chosen as
the winner! We will notify you by e-mail if you have won, so you can come
to the Study Abroad Office to pick up your prize. The
winner of each photo category will receive their winning photo printed on
canvas as a prize!
- All photos entered become property of the NIU Study Abroad Office.
By entering the contest, you agree that we may use your photos on our web
site, print advertising, flyers, posters, handouts, PowerPoint
presentations, or any other use we deem appropriate. The Study Abroad
Office will identify the person who submitted any photo when it is
used.
- Only submit original photographs that were taken by you. Do not
submit other people’s photographs.
- If you have any questions, please call the NIU Study Abroad Office at 815-753-0700.
