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March 05, 2008

OhioLINK Video Contest Winner and Runner Up Announced

Congratulations to Wright State University student Eric Rieper, whose video of how a lost student found his way with the help of OhioLINK was voted the winner of the This Is MY OhioLINK video contest. Unanswered Mysteries, the entry by University of Akron students Dave Carulli and John Tamba was voted the runner-up. Eric Rieper chose the 160GB iPod Classic as his prize. Runner up Dave Carulli will receive a Hitachi Camcorder. Almost 5,000 votes were cast in this very close contest to decide the winner.

OhioLINK received seven creative and entertaining entries for its first-ever video contest, which was held in celebration of the program's 15th anniversary. Current students, faculty and staff at OhioLINK member institutions were eligible to participate. These entertaining videos will continue to be used to promote OhioLINK and explain how it can make the lives of future and current Ohio students, faculty and staff a little easier. Check out all seven entries on the video contest page.

The complete voting results are:

  • This Is OhioLINK -- Eric Rieper (2,108 votes)
  • Unanswered Mysteries -- Dave Carulli and John Tamba (2,101 votes)
  • My OhioLINK -- Shane O'Neil (331 votes)
  • Mr. Studious Finds A Solution -- Sara Smith and Daniel Smith (139 votes)
  • Nuts About OhioLINK -- Edy Feazel (93 votes)
  • OhioLINK Commercial -- James Mendez (70 votes)
  • OhioLINK: It Can Research Any Topic -- Whitney Prose and Liz Hastings (37 votes)


Winner: This Is My OhioLINK -- Eric Rieper


Runner Up: Unanswered Mysteries -- Dave Carulli and John Tamba

Posted by Candi Clevenger at March 5, 2008 11:11 AM