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Community Asked to Vote for Favorite Study Abroad Photos

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嘿嘿视频 student Michael Lyons won the Education Abroad Center's "Aggies Abroad" division in its 2008 contest with this photo, titled "a Hariy Encounter."

If a picture paints a thousand words, then the 嘿嘿视频 community is in for a good tale or two with the .

From now until Nov. 15, everyone is invited to choose their favorite photos taken by 嘿嘿视频 students who traveled abroad during the 2008-09 academic year.

To vote, people simply need to go to the site, register and then vote for as many photos as they want. They can also return to the site, log in and vote for more photos, although they can vote only once per photo.

Winners will be announced on Nov. 16, at the beginning of International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange.

嘿嘿视频 educational leaders believe studying abroad is important for students because it widens their vistas, said Zak Frieders, associate director of the Education Abroad Center.

鈥淢ost of what we do these days has an international component: media, politics, business, everything,鈥 Frieders said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a global economy, it鈥檚 a global market, a global world.鈥

A major goal of the contest is to entice more students into studying in another country, he said.

This year, more than 1,300 students were invited to submit photos. While this is not the first photo contest run by the Education Abroad Center, it is the biggest, with more than 500 photo entries.

The contest is a coordinated effort by the Education Abroad Center and University Communications. Sponsors include Student Affairs, University Outreach and International Programs, and the Campus Community Book Project.

鈥淭his contest was designed to get as many people as we can to look at great student photography and see the world through students鈥 eyes,鈥 says Susanne Rockwell, Web editor for University Communications.

The first-place winner in each category will receive a $100 gift certificate to the 嘿嘿视频 Bookstore, and those in second place will win a copy of this year鈥檚 campus community book project, "The Geography of Bliss: One Grump鈥檚 Search for the Happiest Places in the World," plus a ticket to hear author Eric Weiner speak at the Mondavi Center on Dec. 1.

There鈥檚 a connection between the campus鈥檚 emphasis on study abroad and this year鈥檚 campus book, said Mikael Villalobos, administrator of diversity education programs on campus and chair of the annual campus community book project.

鈥淔or a student who wants the education abroad experience, finding one鈥檚 bliss, whether it is in the learning experience or the relationships that you build or your exposure to a different culture 鈥 all make up what bliss may be to that person as part of the experience of going abroad,鈥 he said.

About 嘿嘿视频

For 100 years, 嘿嘿视频 has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to the state capital, 嘿嘿视频 has 31,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $500 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges 鈥 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science 鈥 and advanced degrees from six professional schools 鈥 Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.

Media Resources

Julia Ann Easley, General news (emphasis: business, K-12 outreach, education, law, government and student affairs), 530-752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu

Camran Sadeghi, Education Abroad Center, (530) 297-4658, cosadeghi@ucdavis.edu

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