Bainbridge Island native receives photo contest award

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WALLA WALLA, WA (02/10/2012)(readMedia)-- Kristie Smith of Bainbridge Island recently won a second place award in the Whitman College 2011 Off-Campus Studies Digital Image Contest. Her photo, entitled "Avenue of the Baobabs," was taken during her time abroad in Madagascar.

The Whitman College Off-Campus Studies Office sponsors an annual image competition to allow returning students to share a piece of their travels with the greater campus community. Winners of the contest receive a gift certificate to the college bookstore.

Smith, the daughter of Marty and Cathy Smith, is a 2008 graduate of Bainbridge High School. She is currently a senior sociology major at Whitman.