All Aggies Invited to Participate in Natural Resources Photo Contest

Are you headed to a destination of natural beauty for Spring Break? Grab your camera and enter the Quinney College of Natural Resources’ 2015 Annual Photo Contest.

All Utah State University students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in the contest and exhibition. Entries will be displayed March 30-April 3 in lobby area outside the Stevenson Ballroom in the Taggart Student Center during Natural Resources Week.

“We encourage everyone to participate and help us celebrate Natural Resources Week at USU,” says Arthur Wallis, Quinney College of Natural Resources senator. “In honor of USU’s 2015 Year of Water, the theme of this year’s NR week and photo contest is ‘Protect Water, Protect Life.’ This is a great opportunity for everyone to reflect on this important resource and share their perceptions with the campus community through art.”

Photos may be submitted in the following three categories: 1) Wildlife; 2) Natural Scenery; and 3) People in Nature. There is no cost to enter and participants can enter one photo in any or all of the categories.

Submissions can be matted or unmatted, and should be unframed, with the photo prints no larger than 8” x 10” in size. Entrants should bring their submissions to the CNR Academic Service Center, Room 120, in the Natural Resources building. At the center, participants will receive entry forms that should be completed for each submission. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 26, at 4 p.m.

First, second and third place prizes will be awarded. Fifty percent of each photo’s score is based on votes cast by visitors to the March 30-April 3 photo exhibit and 50 percent on a score awarded by a panel of judges.

Following the contest, participants can retrieve their entries Monday, April 6, beginning at 9 a.m. at the CNR Academic Service Center, NR 120.

USU Year of Water

Contact: Mykel Beorchia, nradvise@usu.edu

Writer: Mary-Ann Muffoletto, 435-797-3517, maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu