These are the winning photographs from our fall 2009 GEO photo contest. Our office holds this contest each semester to give students who have just returned from their study away destinations a chance to share their experience with the campus community.

The contest consists of four categories: 1. Academics, Field Trips, or Service Learning, 2. Scenery & Landscape, 3. KSC Students Away, and 4. Culture. Gift Certificates of $50, to the Keene State Bookstore, are awarded to the category winner.

Photos are displayed and voted on in the Lloyd P. Young Student Center first floor. Voting is open to anyone with or without KSC affiliation and lasts for a week before the votes are tallied and posted. After the contest the photos are placed in a long term display case on the Student Center third floor.

Scenery & Landscape winner is Michelle Faherty with "Seahorse."

"This photo was taken in a helicopter flying over the great ocean hood (Melbourne, Australia)."

KSC Students Away winner is Brennan Natoli with "Big Step."

"When backpacking through Oregon we found deserted beaches and big boulders to climb on."

California State University, Monterey Bay, USA

Culture winner is Brennan Natoli with "Railroad Crossing."

"Old rundown train tracks in the desert (Texas)."

California State University, Monterey Bay, USA

Academics, Field Trips, or Service Learning winner is Lindsay Parker with "Little Boy Running."

"This picture was taken while helping families in the village build their water tanks." Tanzania, Africa