Year of Study Abroad (YOSA) Essay Contest Winners

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1st Place Tie
The Same Voice but in a New Direction
Karin Leah Brandt
ISU class of Spring 2007, Political Science/International Studies

1st Place Tie
China: Opening to a Million Possibilities
Devon Haney
ISU class of 2006, Animal Sciences

2nd Place
Reporting for Myself
Michaela Saunders
ISU class of 2003, Journalism and Mass Communication

3rd Place
5286 MILES TO WALL DRUG!
Peri L. Van Tassel
ISU class of 1984, French

Honorable Mention
From Mexico to the Middle East: How ISU's Overseas Programs Have Influenced My Learning Abroad
Rachel Graaf
ISU Class of 1999, Political Science

Finalists

From Atlas to At Last, Valerie Van Kooten, ISU Class of 1985, Journalism and Mass Communications
From Landlocked to Ocean, Elizabeth Zimmerman, ISU Class of 2007
My Summer in Nigeria, Steven A. Musson, ISU Class of 1975, Economics
Norway, My Way, Michael J. Olson, ISU Class of 1998, Electrical Engineering