Community / January 27, 2015

18 Winners Selected for Smith’s Second Photo Contest

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, the judges of Smith’s Photo Contest had 199,000 to read through – that’s approximately a 633-page book, in case you are curious.

We received 199 submissions for our second iteration of the Smith Photo Contest at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and after a month of online voting and judges’ deliberation, we are proud to share the 18 winning photographs from the talented Smith community.

Winners were selected in six categories: action, architectural, campus, global, landscape and portrait. Of the 18 winners, two were selected through online voting through Smith’s Facebook page as the People’s Choice award.

From current students, to alumni, to Smith parents, to graduate assistants, to staff members – the Smith community came together to share the photos that they were most proud of. All 18 winning entries will be displayed on the first floor of Van Munching Hall beginning in the early spring 2015 semester.

Drumroll, please.

Without further ado, feast your eyes on the magnificent photos from our incredibly talented Smith community.

Winning Entries:

Action

1st Place
“The Celebration of Independence”
Siddharth Sharma, current Smith PhD student

2nd Place
“Learning to Dive”
Kris Manning ’04

3rd Place
“Jumping for Joy”
Grace Yang, Class of 2018

Architectural

1st Place
“World’s Longest Bridge”
Wendy Zhou, Class of 2018

2nd Place
“British Museum London”
Bruce Himelman, father of Smith alumna (Carlie Himelman ’14)

3rd Place
Chicago”
Yangfan Chen, current MFin student 

Campus 

1st Place
“Winter Morning”
Eric Reed, MBA ’00

2nd Place
“Raining Fire on McKeldin Mall”
Rachel George, Class of 2016

3rd Place
“Long Hail Humanity”
Vinayak Vashishtha, current MS Information Systems student

Global

1st Place
“Artigianto da Mara”
Greg Lipari, MBA ’12

2nd Place & People's Choice
“Tour Eiffel: 11:15 p.m.”
Sara Ho, Class of 2017

3rd Place
“Roman Ruins at Hierapolis, near Pamukkale, Turkey”
John Kavanagh, MBA ’05

Landscape

1st Place
“Blossoms”
Michael Jones, Class of 2015

2nd Place & People’s Choice
“Boston Common Museum”
Leandro Bonan, exchange student

3rd Place
“Alaskan Adventures”
Nate Adler ’14

Portrait 

1st Place
“Qianmen, Beijing”
Shannon Fagan, EMBA China Cohort 7

2nd Place
“Suit and Tie”
Dani Shae Thompson, Graduate Assistant, Office of Undergraduate Programs

3rd Place
The Innocent Determination”
Kunal Bhadane, current MS Information Systems student

To view all of the submissions to the photo contest, click here.

Media Contact

Greg Muraski
Media Relations Manager
301-405-5283  
301-892-0973 Mobile
gmuraski@umd.edu 

About the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business

The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and flex MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, business master’s, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.

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