ROCK ISLAND, IL (02/11/2014)(readMedia)-- Online voting continues until Feb. 15 for the People's Choice Award in Augustana College's Good Fit T-shirt Photo Contest, where potential first-year students are eligible to win one of five $1,000 scholarships to Augustana. For their photos, students must wear an Augustana T-shirt.
Abigail Wieland, from Rock Island, Ill. Wieland is a senior at Rock Island High School and submitted a photo in the Famous Location category.
Alaina Hofmann, from Moline, Ill. Hofmann is a senior at Moline Senior High School and submitted a photo in the Action Shot category.
Brock McNinch, from Moline, Ill. McNinch is a senior at Moline Senior High School and submitted a photo in the Famous Location, Another College, and Action Shot category.
Darien Bardoner, from Sterling, Ill. Bardoner is a senior at Sterling High School and submitted a photo in the Action Shot category.
Elizabeth Wieland, from Rock Island, Ill. Wieland is a senior at Rock Island High School and submitted a photo in the Famous Location category.
Jacob Barr, from Moline, Ill. Barr is a senior at Moline Senior High School and submitted a photo in the With An Alum, Another College, Action Shot, and Famous Location category.
Nicholas Niles, from Rock Island, Ill. Niles is a senior at Rock Island High School and submitted a photo in the Action Shot category.
Rhiannon Parvin, from Sterling, Ill. Parvin is a senior at Sterling High School and submitted a photo in the With An Alum category.
Go to www.augustana.edu/Goodfit and check out the creative photos and clever captions and cast a vote for your favorite. In addition to the People's Choice Award, other categories in the photo contest include : action shot, in a famous location, at another college and with an alumnus.
The Good Fit T-Shirt competition is a fun way Augustana can get to know the potential members of its incoming class while spreading the word about Augustana College at the same time.
"It's a way to get Augustana's name out in cyber-world as students share their photos and ask others to vote," said Meghan Cooley, director of recruitment communications and a 1999 Augustana graduate. "In some ways, it's like a global billboard as we have photos of students wearing their Augustana T-shirts in their hometowns, on the campuses of our biggest rivals and literally across the globe."
Founded in 1860, Augustana College is a selective four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences. Augustana College is recognized for the innovative program Augie Choice, which provides each student up to $2,000 to pursue a high-impact learning experience such as study abroad, an internship or research with a professor. Current students and alumni include 146 Academic All-Americans, a Nobel laureate, 13 college presidents and other distinguished leaders. The college enrolls 2,500 students and is located along one of the world's most important waterways, the Mississippi River, in a community that reflects the diversity of the United States.
