Reich College of Education (RCOE) Media Studies faculty is pleased to announce the Appalachian Media Studies Sustainability Photo Contest winners!
The competition focused on the theme of sustainability in broad terms, including sustainability in message or medium.
Why Sustainability?
Sustainability is a core value at Appalachian. In the RCOE, we fully support university sustainability efforts as we endeavor to educate students to become full members in a humane democratic society. Given the numerous and varied challenges we currently face - ecological degradation, a changing climate, the erosion of civil rights, and increasing socioeconomic stratification - it is imperative that we change the way we think about the concepts of progress and development.
Participants were invited to submit up to three photographic images that represent their conception of sustainability. All types of original photographic images (nature, architectural, portraiture, experimental, color, black and white, manipulated, etc.) were considered. There were 83 submissions.
These photos express the wide variety of issues included under the umbrella of sustainability and suggest a number of approaches humans may use to manifest a more just and sustainable world. Contest winners include images of nature, education, innovation, environmental action, and art, and all inspired the judges with their power to pose questions and communicate a vision of the future. We hope that their presence in the hallway in the RCOE will similarly inspire all visitors to the college to think about and discuss our common challenges and their solutions.
About the Winners
10 winners were selected from all submissions. They are a mix of faculty, staff, students and alumni and were selected in a blind judging by media studies faculty, Jeff Goodman, Theresa Redmond, Damiana Pyles, Jamille Wallick and John Henson.
Winners are:
- Banna Bazzarie
- Kay Bishop
- Emily Bradley
- Ana Caicedo
- Garner Dewey
- Tammie Gelderman
- Joelle Justiz
- Mark Maya
- Clinton Miller
- Meghan Rock
While there were no cash awards, the Media Studies Program paid to print and frame the winning entries for display on the first floor of the RCOE as our Appalachian Media Studies Sustainability Exhibit, which premiered at the start of the Fall 2017 semester.
Winners' Reception
Please join us at the winners' reception:
Date: Friday, November 17, 2017
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: RCOE Rotunda
There will be light refreshments and a discussion of the artwork.
Sustainability picture by Meghan Rock
