Every year, the Center for Global Education (CGE) has an annual photo contest where we invite study abroad participants from the previous academic year who participated in semester programs, faculty-led travel courses, and summer international internships to submit photos from their travels.
We’ve all heard the saying a picture is worth a thousand words, but these photos are worth more than that. Each photo is a memory- it has the ability to take you to a far-away place. For the photographer, it might even take them to a moment- that instant when they witnessed something beautiful and captured it on film.
The annual photo contest gives students the opportunity to share a moment from their time abroad. The categories for our photo contest this year include:
- Landscape and Cityscape
- Local Culture and Community Engagement
- Chapman Students Abroad
- Learning and Interning Around the World
- Artistic Eye
This year’s photo submissions are no different from those of the past- unique, beautiful, and moving.
2026 Photo Contest winners:
Landscapes and Cityscapes
Samantha Hopkins, “Lake in Italy”
Study Abroad Program: Internation Internship- Placement in Prague- Summer 2026
Local Culture & Community Engagement
Bess Hurlock, “Prague at Sunset”**overall winner
Study Abroad Program: Anglo American University, Prague, Spring 2026
Chapman Students Abroad
Will Gorski, “The Hills of Edinburgh”
Study Abroad Program: Seville Study Center (CEA CAPA – Arts and Sciences)- Spring 2026
Learning & Interning Around the World
Kendall Nelson, “Opera House Memories”
Study Abroad Program: University of Newcastle, Australia, Fall 2025
Artistic Eye
Sophie Lemire, “Plaza de Espana”
Study Abroad Program: Seville Study Center (CEA CAPA – Communication, Media Studies, and Tourism)- Spring 2026
Join us next year for the 2027 Photo Contest which will occur in the 2027 Fall semester and is open to all Chapman University students who have participated in a 2026 – 2027 semester/academic year programs, travel courses, and international internships through Chapman University. Students will receive an email when the contest is open.
