1st Annual Shutter-Bug Photo Contest Winners Selected

Over 200 photos were submitted to the Fernald Club's 1st Annual Shutter-Bug Insect Photo Contest in May 2009. Choosing the top three among so many excellent entries was very difficult. After careful consideration, the panel of judges (see below) selected their favorites. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winning photographers were invited by the Fernald Club and the Departmental of Plant, Soil, & Insect Sciences to a Winner Announcement Party in Fernald Hall on June 19th. And the winners are:

1st Place: $100 and his framed photo permently displayed in Fernald Hall
Shane Conklin
Deputy Director of Facilities & Campus Planning

2nd Place: $50
Michelle Labbe
Graduate Student, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation

3rd Place: $25
Sean Werle
Departmental Assistant, Biology

Click HERE to see the winning photos

Judges for the contest were:

Jeremy Andersen
Entomology Graduate Student, and President of the Fernald Club

Sandra Gillespie
Entomology Graduate Student, and Fernald Club Treasurer

Anna Soper
Entomology Graduate Student

Dr. Stephen Rich
Department Head of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences

and Special Guest Judge:
Nancy E. Fernald
Hadley, MA Artist, and great-great-grandaughter of Dr. Charles H. Fernald, for whom Fernald Hall was named (please see related story about Nancy Fernald HERE)