Intercultural Experience

Live in the Wide World

There are many ways to live across the globe; the enlightenment gained through direct interaction with other cultures is one of the keys to complete education. The Centenary Plan requires an Intercultural Experience of all students — ensuring that they leave Centenary having experienced a culture other than their own.

How to Fulfill the Intercultural Requirement

Forms and Other Information

Intercultural Photo Contest

Rules

  • Entrant must be or must have been a current Centenary student at the time the photograph was taken.
  • Photos must be taken during a Centenary module with Intercultural Credit or during a study abroad experience.
  • All photos must be emailed to or submitted via CD. Photos must have a high enough resolution to print a quality 8” by 10” image.
  • Turn in photo CD with a Contest Entry Form (one form per entrant)
  • Photos submitted via email must include all the information listed in the submission procedures below.
  • Any recognizable human subjects in the photographs must have given the photographer consent to take the picture and to display it publicly. Photos including recognizable people must include signed Model Release Forms. Students on module or studying abroad should carry these forms with them.
  • Deadline: October 2008
  • Maximum of 3 photographs per entrant
  • Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 photographers, and one photo will be chosen as the Intercultural Image of the Year to be featured on Centenary’s Intercultural page.

Prints become part of the permanent collection of the Office of Intercultural Affairs. Signing the contest entry form or emailing the photo to the flickr account gives the Office of Intercultural Affairs and Marketing and Public Relations co-ownership and freedom of use of the print. Artist will be given full credit in all displays and publications, and will retain freedom of use of the photo.

All photo entries must display a sense of cultural sensitivity, and must encourage a sense of cross-cultural understanding.

Judging Criteria

Entries will be judged on artistic expressiveness, creativity and on the quality of the image. Judges also reserve the right to consider geographic and thematic variety, as well as relevance to Centenary's intercultural mission, in selecting the winners. All decisions of the judges are final. The competition organizers reserve the right to disqualify entries which do not conform to the stated contest rules and criteria.

Submission procedure

Submit photos via the email at

  • Submit the photo as an email attachment
  • Put the photo’s title in the subject line
  • In the email’s body text, include the following:
    • Photographer’s full name,
    • Class year and expected graduation,
    • Major
    • Hometown/state/country
    • Place and date that the photograph was taken
    • Description of photograph and how it encourages or displays intercultural understanding.
  • Mail or deliver Model Release forms if necessary.

You may also submit a CD containing photos in an envelope along with the contest entry form and Model Release forms if necessary. Mail or deliver your submission to the Office of Intercultural Affairs, 2910 Centenary Blvd (across from Meadows Museum).

More Information

April Valentine
Director of Intercultural Affairs
2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, Louisiana 71134-1188
318-869-5702