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Student video competition entries due Nov. 9

Published on August 26, 2020

CPH students, here’s a unique opportunity to share your work for a chance to win a cash prize!

  • You must be a University of Iowa College of Public Health student (open to undergraduate and graduate students)
  • Create a 60- to 90-second video about your experiential learning, internship, or research.
  • Videos could include: talking about your experience, narrating a presentation, an animated short, a slideshow of photographs — be creative!
  • The College of Public Health will sponsor two $250 prizes for the winning graduate and undergraduate videos, and the winning videos may also be shared via official CPH social media.
  • Many other CPH Centers are sponsoring $250 prizes (see below), so there are lots of ways to win!  Centers will select winners based on their eligible video criteria, below.
  • Videos will be judged on: creativity, clarity of the narrative, impact of the work, and visual appeal.
  • Email your YouTube link to cph-communications@uiowa.edu by Friday, October 30, 2020. Deadline extended to Monday, November 9.

Tips for Video Creation and Editing

This webinar provides helpful information for creating and editing videos in a variety of platforms: https://youtu.be/yxvs0RsDa1Q

Prizes

A number of College of Public Health research centers are sponsoring cash prizes for winning videos in this year’s competition. Sponsors and eligibility criteria are noted below.

Center Eligible videos
Center for Health Policy and Research HMP PhD and MS students
RUPRI Rural health and policy
HWCM Occupational safety and health, rural and agricultural health
CTSDMC Clinical trials and data management
Iowa Health Registry Cancer and related health issues
Prevention Research Center

Primary: anti-racism or anti-oppression and its impact on health;

Secondary:  rural health social determinants of rural health, interventions in rural areas

Injury Prevention Research Center Injury or violence related

Sponsored by the CPH Research Office