Friends forever
Blue Hen Friends contest winners announced
2:50 p.m., Aug. 31, 2011--Even Hurricane Irene could not dampen spirits for the Blue Hen Friends contest on the University of Delaware Facebook page. At noon on Saturday, Aug. 27, the official contest end time, not one but two photos of Blue Hens each had 200 votes -- or Facebook “likes.”
The student winners have met nearly every student in this Class of 2015 and are this year’s New Student Orientation (NSO) leaders. The friends include Jon Smith, Gregory Dinerman, Jonathan Campeón, Harris, Nick Campagnola, Ian Guthoff, Maria Arbizo, Rachel Kushner, Kate Chiseri, Matt Maloney, Walter Pendleton, Natalie Goldstein, Jordyn Lee, Kevin Colodner, Katie Liberopoulous, Andrea Birch, Christopher McElwee and Alexis Maria.
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The alumni winners are seven friends who met their freshman year while living in Ray Street. The friends are all 2006 graduates: Rachael O’Holla, Ashley MacDonna Murry, Kalen Winter, Danielle Loewy, Danielle Rabin, Kristina Granger Beall and Laura Penelope.
Courtesy of UD’s Office of Alumni Relations, the alumni winners will each receive a ticket to UD’s Homecoming kick-off celebration, Blue Hens on Main. The NSO leaders will receive a complimentary catering party from California Tortilla.
There were 34 entries and more than 860 votes cast in the Blue Hen Friends contest.
"Thanks to all of our Blue Hens for submitting pictures and sharing stories of how true friendships that will last a lifetime were formed at UD," said Meredith Chapman, senior news editor in the Office of Communications and Marketing.
Follow UD on Facebook and Twitter to join the conversation with past, present and future Blue Hens and to learn about other contests hosted by the Office of Communications and Marketing.