International Education Week 2014 Photo Contest

During International Education Week (IEW), November 10-13, 2014, Cañada College held its first IEW Photo Contest.  The College community were invited to submit photos of their home, travels, or culture and vote online for their favorite photo.  The top 12 photos below were featured in a 2015 Cañada College calendar.

Enter the IEW 2015 Photo Contest by submitting a photo of your home, travels or culture to caninternational@smccd.edu by Friday, November 6.  Please include a title, one sentence description of your photo, and your name.  Voting will take place during International Education Week, November 9-12, through Monday, November 30.

To vote online click HERE (voting closed).

GEN AT THE BEACH My daughter is playing at the beach in European Town (Secondi) in Ghana, where former slave owners used to live. Photographer: Melissa Alforja Counselor and TRIO Coordinator	VEIL LIFTED My first time visiting my mother's home in Japan. Photographer: Misha Maggi Center for Student Life & Leadership Development Manager	SFO BOUND Wildflower overlooking the Bay and an SFO bound flight at Seal Point Park in San Mateo, my new home. Photographer: Supinda Sirihekaphong International Program Manager
J-POP FESTIVAL, JAPANTOWN, SAN FRANCISCO A Japanese monk in Japantown during San Francisco's J-pop Festival. Photographer: Alexis Madayag Student	COLOR THE NIGHT The dark night painted by colorful illumination of Tran Thi Ly Bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam. Photographer: Khoa Nguyen Retention Specilist, A2B Program	ROOFTOP IN GREECE Stunning views of the Mediterranean sea above Santorini, Greece. Photographer: Lizette Bricker A2B Program Supervisor
COUNTRY AND CITY This is a photo of my home, Hong Kong, showing country and city side by side. Photographer: Peter Tam Accounting Technician, Business, Design & Workforce Division	SULFUR POOL This photo was taken at the many sulfur pools in Yellowstone National Park on a family trip in 2011. Photographer: Robert Haick Career Center Supervisor	OXBOW BEND The wide, clear river is Oxbow Bend with one of the mountains among the Grand Tetons in the background. Photographer: Nathan Staples Biology Faculty
MERZOUGA DUNES, MOROCCO Berber guide on a trek through the Merzouga dunes in Morocco. Photographer: Nadya Sigona Counselor	NIGHT LIGHTS Walking along the river in Prague and enjoying the spectacular view of Prague Castle and Charles Bridge. Photographer: Jana Svobodova International Student	GLACIER PERITO MORENO You can go on an amazing trek on this giant glacier in the south of Argentina, my home country. Photographer: Monica Malamud Spanish Faculty