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Go Beyond Contest

Entries are still being accepted until Friday, Feb 10 at Noon.

Send us a video post card about your warm & friendly life at Pitt-Bradford. Enter the Aloha from Pitt-Bradford contest and you could win a great prize.

Submit your entry form at www.upb.pitt.edu/beyondcontestentry.aspx and deliver your video to the Office of Communications and Marketing located on the second floor of Hanley Library.

Create a 30- to 45-second video telling (or showing) us what makes life at Pitt-Bradford warm & friendly all year long, and you could win a 16 GB iPad 2, a Pitt hoodie & sweats or a beach basket of fun gear.

Watch our promo video for contest details.

The videos will be shown at the 2012 Go Beyond Brand Party on Wednesday, Feb. 15, where party-goers will vote for their favorite video. Winners will be notified after the party.

The deadline for contest entries is Monday, Feb. 6. And, just for entering, you'll receive a beach gift-- a Pitt beach chair. If you have any questions, contact Amy Ward at 362-7656 or alw14@pitt.edu 

The prizes: 

First place: 16 GB iPad 2
Second place: Pitt hoodie & sweats
Third place: Beach bundle of Pitt Gear

The rules: 

  • The theme of the video must be aloha from Pitt-Bradford what makes us warm & friendly all year long. (Friends, clubs and activities, helpful faculty and staff -- you get the idea.) 
  • The contest is open to all current Pitt-Bradford students.
  • The video can be shot either on campus or off.
  • The video can be shot using a variety of technology, including your cell phone, digital camera and Flip Video. If you don't have a Flip Video, the Office of Communications and Marketing has one that you can borrow for a 2-day period.  The office is located on the second floor of Hanley Library.
  • The video cannot exceed 45 seconds.
  • One entrant per entry.
  • Submit your entry at www.upb.pitt.edu/beyondcontestentry.aspx and deliver your video to the Office of Communications and Marketing located on the second floor of Hanley Library.
  • Include your name and e-mail address (or the best way to contact you) with your entry.
  • Faculty, staff and students will vote for their favorite video at the brand party.
  • You must attend the party to be eligible to vote. 
  • The three videos receiving the highest number of votes will win. 
  • One prize will be awarded for each winning video.

The videos will be featured on our facebook page and on our YouTube channel. 

The suggestions: 

  • Your video doesn't have to be complex. You could use a series of photographs with music in the background. You could use PowerPoint. You don't have to be Steven Spielberg.
  • View the videos previous winners have entered.

The fine print:The video will be disqualified if it features:

  • Illegal or inappropriate activity such as drinking, vomiting, etc.
  • Nudity
  • Sexual content
  • Inappropriate or vulgar language 
  • Derogatory or unflattering content about the university

 

 

 
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