April 10, 2015

Library plans screening of winning videos

by Christi Mathis

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- You can see “Welcome to Morris Library, Billy,” along with the other prize-winning videos from Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s recent Morris Library Undergraduate Video Contest at an upcoming reception and screening. 

The event will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 13, at the John C. Guyon Auditorium in Morris Library and everyone is welcome. The contest asked undergraduate students to create a 90-second video focusing on life at Morris Library and what students value about the library. 

The first place competition video, “Welcome to Morris Library, Billy,” was created by Paul Mindrup, a senior TV and digital media radio major with a degree from Evansville, Ind., and Holden Jones, a senior cinema and photography major from Jacksonville. They won $800.  

The second place video is “Morris Library: Make Your Own Story,” by Daren Baldwin , a sophomore cinema and photography major from Carbondale., and Jeff Haney, a freshman cinema and photography major from Deerfield. They earned a $200 prize. 

Amanda Neuhouser, a sophomore cinema and photography major from Bloomington, took third prize, a $100 University Bookstore gift card, with “Morris Library.” “The Heart to Success -- Morris Library” earned Eric Morrison, a junior TV and digital media radio major from Carbondale, runner-up recognition.  

Judges for the competition included: Sarah Lewison, associate professor of radio, television and digital media; Antonio Martinez, associate professor of cinema and photography; Walter Metz, professor of cinema and photography; Joshua Vossler, associate professor of library affairs; and Susan Tulis, associate dean of library affairs.  The Friends of Morris Library and the SIU Bookstore provided the prizes for the competition. 

Watch all of the video contest winners soon on WSIU or on Morris Library’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/MorrisLibrarySIUC).