Portland native receives photo contest award

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WALLA WALLA, WA (02/10/2012)(readMedia)-- Emily Cornelius of Portland recently won a first place award in the Whitman College 2011 Off-Campus Studies Digital Image Contest. Her photo, entitled "Macchu Pichhu and the Alpaca," was taken during her time abroad in Peru.

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.

Cornelius, the daughter of Ross and JoAnn Cornelius, is a 2008 graduate of Jesuit High School. She is currently a senior Spanish major at Whitman.