{"id":5351,"date":"2017-08-21T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T03:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.com\/?p=5351"},"modified":"2017-08-21T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T03:18:31","slug":"auip-photo-contest-2017-a-single-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/auip-photo-contest-2017-a-single-step\/","title":{"rendered":"AUIP Photo Contest 2017: “A Single Step”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Announcing the<\/span>
\n 2017 AUIP Photo Contest
\n“A Single Step”<\/span><\/h1>\n

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AUIP’s programs encourage participants, academic faculty, local suppliers, and its employees to engage in cross-cultural dialogue and interaction that will result in an increased respect and appreciation for other cultures and environments, as well as helping to understand home cultures.<\/p>\n

This year’s theme is “A Single Step<\/strong>” which refers to a study abroad experience being only the beginning a journey toward a rewarding yet conscientious life path.<\/p>\n

The full quote goes: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step<\/em>.” ~ Lao Tzu.<\/p>\n

Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher, is the supposed author of the Tao Te Ching (Book of the Way), from which this quote is taken. It is a sacred Chinese text which encourages its student to return to a ‘natural’ state which is in harmony with Tao. The word Tao translates to ‘way’, ‘path’, ‘route’, or ‘key’, and it can be thought of as the essence or pattern behind the natural world that keeps the Universe balanced and ordered.<\/p>\n

A study abroad experience could be thought of as a collection of small steps, or one giant one, but either way it is now part of the participant’s greater journey. It is with this step that they embark on a life-changing experience and here at AUIP, we hope they take home what is learned to make a difference for the environment and in the lives of others. Often, it takes just one small change to make a big difference.<\/p>\n

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Terms & Conditions<\/b>
\nThis photo contest is open to all AUIP program alumni as well as AUIP university faculty and staff who have attended AUIP programs. Photo submissions must be the entrant’s original work and must have been taken abroad during an AUIP program in Antarctica, Australia, Fiji, or New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Alumni who entered previous AUIP photo contests are eligible to enter again this year with new photos never previously submitted for an AUIP contest.<\/p>\n

To enter, photos should be uploaded to the AUIP Photo Contest (via the Photo Contest App on the \/AUIPStudyAbroad Facebook Page, or via Instagram using #AUIPaSingleStep) with the following details:<\/p>\n