SIT is happy to congratulate the winners of the spring 2012 photo contest. The SIT photo contest is a way for SIT Study Abroad and SIT Graduate Institute students and alumni to share some of the memories that made their experience with SIT special, while highlighting the beauty of the fascinating countries in which we study and work.
We received hundreds of remarkable and inspiring photographs, and want to thank the many students and alumni who submitted entries. The winner from each category will receive $200 to donate to a charity of his or her choice. Special recognition will also be paid to those fantastic photographs that received honorable mention.
And the winners for each category are…
Winner – “Experiential” Category
Learning in action, in the classroom or in the field
Melanie learns to play a Slovak accordion
Photo: Jessica Hock
SIT Study Abroad, Czech Republic: Arts & Social Change
Spring 2012
Winner – “Extraordinary” Category
Inspiring photos from your experience with SIT
The Golden Temple, an important pilgrimage site for Sikhs. The temple is a sacred space where people from across India come to pray and heal.
Photo: Catherine Flint
SIT Study Abroad, IHP Cities in the 21st Century: People, Planning, and Politics
Spring 2011
Winner – “Viewer’s Choice” Category
Your creativity, interests, and passions—whatever you want to share with others. (Our public viewing category, voted on by fans of our Facebook page.)
Perhaps the greatest challenge we faced while living in Afia Baxo, Senegal was the language barrier. At times we communicated simply through emotions and gestures, as one of the village boys does here.
Photo: Amy Forshay
SIT Study Abroad, Senegal: National Identity & the Arts
Fall 2011
Honorable Mention – “Experiential” Category
With the staff of Khampa Nomad Impressions, a Tibetan owned bar in Shangri-la. For one month, I immersed myself in the life of Khampa, performing with the musicians, and learning Tibetan music.
Photo: Brent Crane
SIT Study Abroad, China: Language, Cultures, & Ethnic Minorities
Fall 2011
Dressed as a Himalayan cowboy, I sit amongst Sherpas waving knives blessed in yak butter during a festival in Thamo, a remote village below Mount Everest in Nepal.
Photo: Judson Peck
SIT Study Abroad, Nepal: Development & Social Change
Fall 2010
Honorable Mention – “Extraordinary” Category
A Rock Hyrax leaping between two stone faces in Tanzania.
Photo: Samuel Glickman
SIT Study Abroad, Tanzania: Wildlife Conservation & Political Ecology
Spring 2011
Sea lions in the Beagle Channel of Tierra del Fuego.
Photo: Benjamin Green
SIT Study Abroad, Argentina: Regional Integration, Development, & Social Change
Spring 2012
Honorable Mention – “Viewer’s Choice” Category
Children waiting for snack time at our NGO in South Africa.
Photo: Josh Erdman
SIT Study Abroad, South Africa: Community Health & Social Policy
Spring 2012
Gaining a New Perspective in the Rural Village.
Photo: Sarah Deal
SIT Study Abroad, South Africa: Multiculturalism & Human Rights
Spring 2012
Congratulations to our winners!
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