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The College of Environmental Design offers cash prizes for the following competitions:


Commencement Program Cover Competition

Students in the College of Environmental Design were invited to submit designs for the cover of the 2009 commencement program. Congratulations go to this year's winners (click on each image to see a larger version):

Winning Entry
Natalie Serdiuk
A.B. Landscape Arch.
 
Honorable Mention
Amina Al-Kandari
M.S. Architecture
 
Honorable Mention
Cory McLitus
A.B. Architecture
 

 

 

 

Design Specifications

Prize $200
 
Deadline Monday, March 16, 2009

Theme We in CED strive to BUILD A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
  • What does it mean to “strive to build a sustainable world”?
  • What key words describe it?
  • What images embody it?
  • How can you capture and convey this core goal of the college?
 
Format Submission Size: 11"x17" with 1" borders
Black & White
Camera-Ready Copy

Your name, address, email, and phone number must be on the BACK LOWER LEFT CORNER of each submission. Submissions will not be accepted without this information. Two (2) entries allowed per person.

Data The following information MUST be included in all entries:

University of California, Berkeley
College of Environmental Design
Commencement
Thursday, May 21, 2009
2 p.m.
Greek Theatre

Judging Entries will be judged by a committee appointed by the Dean. Winner will be announced on Monday, March 23, 2009.

Submit to Dean's Office
230 Wurster Hall
Attention: Christie McCarthy

Student Speakers Competition

Prospective Spring 2009 graduates in the College of Environmental Design are invited to submit a five-minute commencement address for the student speakers competition. The speech should address the significance of graduating in 2009 and what are, or should be, the expectations and obligations of a Berkeley CED graduate at this time in our history. The speech should be a personal statement taking into account that the audience is comprised of your fellow graduating students, family, and friends. A speech that glorifies staying up all night in Wurster will be summarily rejected!

PRIZE
$300 to the winning undergraduate student speaker
$300 to the winning graduate student speaker

SUBMISSION FORMAT
Initial round: Written speech, Microsoft Word file format
Semi-finalist round: Spoken speech, MP3 file format

SUBMITTAL
Initial submittals (MS Word format) are due no later than noon on Monday, March 30, 2009. Submit via email to Christie McCarthy, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

SELECTION PROCESS
A jury of faculty, students, and staff of the college will select a number of semi-finalists. The semi-finalists will then submit their speech to the committee in an MP3 file. The jury will evaluate the MP3 submissions and select the winners.

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