Congratulations to the following Fulbright Photo Contest winners! During the 2020 Virtual International Week celebration, Global Relations organized a Fulbright Photo Contest featuring University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty, staff, and student who are current or past Fulbright award recipients. There were many great entries and it was been a very competitive process for our judges. Thank you all for participating and sharing your wonderful Fulbright experiences with our campus.
Grand Prize: Jordan Blake Banks
(Finland: Cash Prize: $200)
My summer language-culture program hiked up a 160m peak, overlooking the forest and lake, to watch the sunset.”
Runner-up Prize: Jack Joselli
(Spain. Cash prize: $100)
This photo shows the speech I made as a Chair of the Global Classrooms Project at the Asamblea de Madrid, where the Spanish Assembly meets. I spoke on the benefits of the program and the pride that every participating student should have in being an educated global citizen. I was nervous to speak in front of hundreds of Spanish students and education officials, but it went great!”
Campus Choice Prize: Brittney Nadler
(Thailand. Cash prize: $150)
“My students were obsessed with homemade American cookies. On Christmas, I spent the entire school day making about eight batches of cookies. Students filtered in and out learning how to bake, helping me make the dough, and most importantly, eating all the cookies the second they were ready!”
Campus Choice Runner-Up: Jack Joselli
(Spain. Cash prize: $50)