{"id":54115,"date":"2015-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/11\/09\/photo-winners-named-as-international-week-begins\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:53:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:53:37","slug":"photo-winners-named-as-international-week-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/11\/09\/photo-winners-named-as-international-week-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo winners named as International Week begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Clayton Damme, a third-year medical student, is the grand prize winner of the 2015 International Photography Contest.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen photographs were submitted for consideration in the international photography contest. Five rose to the top as the most aesthetically appealing.<\/p>\n<p>The winners are:<\/p>\n<p><b>Best in show:<\/b><br \/>\nClayton Damme, &#8220;Leon, Nicaragua&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Runners up:<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nPeter Larson: &#8220;Cartagena, Columbia&#8221;<br \/>\nDaniel Schafer, M.D.: &#8220;Tamshiyacu, Peru&#8221;<br \/>\nPaul Hansen, D.D.S.: &#8220;Italy&#8221;<br \/>\nWard Chambers, M.D.: &#8220;Vladimir, Russia&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Damme&#8217;s winning photograph was praised by the judges as a clear and striking image.<\/p>\n<p>Judges this year included Fran Higgins, a communications specialist with the College of Allied Health Professions; and Don Labrie, an IT workstation support specialist. <\/p>\n<p>Higgins and Labrie said they chose the five awardees for their composition, clarity, color and story.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Spellman, public relations and coordinator of the contest, congratulated the winners and thanked all who submitted photographs. All five photos will be on display throughout the week in the Linder Lounge of the McGoogan Library of Medicine on the sixth floor of Wittson Hall. Check out UNMC&#8217;s  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\">Facebook page<\/a>  to see all of the photos submitted.<\/p>\n<p>International Week events also will include:<\/p>\n<p><b>Tuesday:<\/b> A morning tea will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Maurer Commons area between the Durham Research towers. Ethnic breakfast items will be provided.<\/p>\n<p><b>Wednesday:<\/b> A noon presentation of immigrant stories featuring Quan Dong Nguyen, M.D., chairman of the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and director of the Truhlsen Eye Institute, and Frieda Langnas, mother of Alan Langnas, D.O., professor and chief of transplantation, and his sister, Susan Feber, will be held in the Ruth H. 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