The voting phase of our first ever Study Abroad Scholarship Contest has ended. We want to thank all the students, universities, study abroad programs, sponsors, voters, and everyone else who helped make this possible. We were really ecstatic about the quality of candidates who entered, and decided to give all the top 6 finalists a prize pack for their efforts.
Our contest platform received tens of thousands of hits and the voting total came in at over 30K votes! We are definitely considering offering this contest in the future, and encourage any interested students, universities, or sponsors to leave comments below so we can reach out to you, or contact us at studyabroad@grandtrunkgoods.com.
This is just the beginning.. You can follow each of these three winners’ adventures as they share their experiences of their travels right here on our website.
AND THE WINNERS ARE:
Grand Prize: Priyanka Shah
Priyanka is a Sophomore studying Sports Medicine at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. We loved Priyanka’s creative video and she followed it up encouraging her friends and family daily to vote for her via her Facebook and Twitter accounts. Priyanka will spend next semester in Lausanne, Switerland through Pepperdine’s International Campus program. We can’t wait to follow her adventure through her travelogue.
Runner-Up: Zak Suhar
Zak is a Junior studying Business Management and Spanish at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH. The moment we saw Zak’s video, we knew he was exactly the kind of Grand Trunk ambassador that we were hoping to receive a video from. He is already an experienced and recognized blogger, and we can’t wait to see happens when he begins his adventure. Next semester, Zak will be fine tuning his Spanish skills while at the University of Alicante in Alicante, Spain.
Honorable Mention: Caleb Timmerman
Caleb is a Sophomore studying Psychology and Marketing at Berry College in Mount Berry, GA. Throughout the contest, it became clear that Caleb would not accept anything less than receiving the #1 rank in vote getting. That relentlessness has paid off, as he has been chosen as our final Grand Trunk ambassador. Caleb’s adventure next semester will be awesome to follow, as with the Berry College program he is participating in, he will travel to Switzerland, England, France, Italy, The Azores.
