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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Now that terms have started at most colleges and universities, please consider spreading the word about an exciting
<a href="http://go.esri.com/content-challenge">new contest</a> from Esri. It was designed to also be incorporated into coursework throughout your fall term if you so desire, or to at least announce in class. The competition opened on August 29th, but students
can register and submit their entries all the way up until November 11th. Again, this is to put the contest into the rubric of your fall term coursework or internship experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Esri Global Content Challenge! </span></b><span style="color:black;background:yellow"><a href="http://go.esri.com/content-challenge">http://go.esri.com/content-challenge</a> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Esri is challenging students all over the world to unleash the power of Esri content by way
of their own geographic analyses, visualizations, predictive models and more to tell a compelling scientific story. The story must be presented using the Esri Story Map Journal app. We'll point you to the best of our data and our map journal tips and tricks.
You do the rest! Judges will select the best map journals to be awarded prizes. Esri will also share the winning Map Journals on our Collaborative Resource Portal and feature them at Esri’s Federal GIS and Education User Conferences, and Young Professionals
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Esri's Global Content Challenge is open to undergraduate or graduate students at colleges or universities, as well as U.S. high school students enrolled in an Advanced Placement
Human Geography or Environmental Science course. Get creative by using Esri's <a href="http://www.esri.com/~/media/CFE65820F184417B912550C5D03FC83E">
land, ocean, and population premium content libraries</a> to tell compelling stories that bring about understanding and action.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>in each of three</b> categories (land, ocean, and population) who will receive:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Key Dates:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">August 29, 2016 Competition opens
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">November 11, 2016 Competition closes at 5:00 PM (PDT)
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">December 5, 2016 Winners announced
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