Photos of found subject matter (unposed and uncontrolled) documenting your university or college-related events as they occur naturally. Photographs in this category must adhere to accepted photojournalistic standards.
Dmytro Solomianiuk (left) and Dana Krukovska, who are two of the four Ukrainian students who received full scholarships to the university, study intensely for finals at the Lyceum Cafe.
Captured from behind the backstage curtains and a line of graduates patiently waiting to cross the stage, a student crosses the stage and receives their diploma.
A Doctoral candidate watches themselves on screen as they receive their honors on stage at Winter Commencement. In the foreground, one of their professors takes a photo of the moment on their cell phone.
A graduate moves their tassel from right to left during Illinois State University's Winter commencement ceremony.
A happy graduate gives his family the thumbs up after receiving his diploma.
A nurse leaps into the pool as part of a tradition where College of Nursing students leap into the pool, in their nursing scrubs, immediately after finishing their last final.
Graduates get in line to walk across the stage at a winter commencement ceremony.
A professor (on sax) leads a team of jazz musician students in a christmas song as students walk by and watch on. Happy Holidays, y'all!
While posing for a finals week celebration photo, another student leans in and steals the donut. YUM!
A student sings Christmas songs during the lighting ceremony on campus.