Franklin & Marshall College

• All current F&M students who have studied off-campus on F&M-approved programs.  

• Students can only submit photos from completed off-campus study programs.  If you are currently abroad, you need to wait until the next photo contest to submit photos for that program.

• We would prefer that all photos submitted be taken within the last year (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, or Summer 2012 Off-Campus Study).  Current F&M students who participated in last year's photo contest may submit photos for this year's contest as well, but may not resubmit the same photos.  

Rules for Entry

• Students must submit photos taken in their host country or during excursions while on your off-campus study program.  Photos from trips taken immediately after your off-campus study program ends (for example, backpacking trips around the surrounding countries where you studied) are also acceptable.

• Photos must be titled and submitted via the online application form located at the bottom of the page.

• Students may submit up to four (4) photos, one for each category.  The application form is for one individual photo, so each photo must be submitted with its own application form.

Categories

• ACADEMICS ABROAD:  How did study abroad bring your academic experience out of the classroom and into the world?  A Biology major who goes to class in scuba gear, a Classics major who learns about ancient cultures from an archeological site...

• CULTURE & COMMUNITIES:  How did you integrate into local life and adapt to the new culture while off-campus?  Playing cricket in India, eating roasted grasshoppers in Mexico...

• LANDSCAPES & LANDMARKS:  What famous landscapes and landmarks around the world left you awe-inspired?  The sweeping expanse of the Bolivian Salt Flats, Rome's Colosseum lit up in the evening sky, the Great Wall of China winding toward the horizon...

• F&M EVERYWHERE:  What did you experience off-campus that, never in your wildest freshman dreams, did you think you'd get a chance to do as a student at F&M?  Climbing a volcano in South America!  Joining a local sports team in Europe!  Eating worms in South Africa or starfish in China!  F&M students everywhere, experiencing the world.

Judging

• A judging committee of five (5) members of the F&M Faculty and Professional Staff will choose the top three (3) photos in each of the first three categories listed above.  The first place winner from each category will receive a prize.

• The final category, F&M Everywhere, will be peer-judged.  In this category, the caption submitted with each photo will be included in the judging process, and the judges will be your fellow students!  More information to follow...