Patricia Graffunder (MS-GMC student) Wins 1st Place in the Climate Action Photography & Art Contest

Posted October 9, 2020

Please join us in congratulating Patricia Graffunder (MS-GMC) for winning 1^st place in the Climate Action Photography & Art Contest organized by the Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC) in partnership with the German Consulate General in Atlanta and the Georgia Department of Education as part of the second-annual Global Climate Action Symposium, Oct 6-8 . 

Students (K-18) were asked to present their perspectives and concerns on the climate crisis in photography or other art forms with an accompanying caption that explained their process. The number and quality of submissions in every grade level excelled expectations. There were over forty submissions in the college (freshman-postgraduate) level alone.

Renowned German photographer and climate justice advocate Barbara Dombrowski selected 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners for the Global Climate Action Art & Photography Contest alongside a committee review and selection team of Georgia Tech Faculty, Georgia Department of Education members, and Atlanta Global Studies Center staff.

Student winners were announced by Barbara Dombrowski during the Climate Action Symposium live stream on Thursday, October 8. 

Congratulations to the following winners in each grade level category!

 

Kindergarten-5^th Grade

1^st Place          Saniya Penny

2^nd Place         Taylor Smitherman

3^rd Place         Sai Srikar Patnaik

 

6^th-9^th Grade

1^st Place          Elisabeth Robinson

2^nd Place         Anya Biswas and Saishree Patnaik

3^rd Place         Alexander Hogben

 

10^th-12^th Grade

1^st Place          Whitney Pruitt

2^nd Place         Larisa Prieskorn

3^rd Place         Bryan Quigley and Neha Eloore

 

Undergraduate and Postgraduate

1^st Place          Patricia Graffunder

2^nd Place         Kristina Hilko

3^rd Place         Lydia Fletcher

 

Visit the Global Climate Action Symposium website for additional information on the event.