Vernon Hills native receives photo contest award

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WALLA WALLA, WA (02/10/2012)(readMedia)-- Claire Snyder of Vernon Hills recently won a second place award in the Whitman College 2011 Off-Campus Image Contest. Her photo, entitled "Lion Around," was taken during her time abroad in the Galapagos Islands.

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.

Snyder, the daughter of Mary Lundberg and Gary Snyder, is a 2008 graduate of Vernon Hills High School. She is currently a senior biology-environmental studies major at Whitman.