Full Contest Rules - The Florida College System

The Chancellor’s Student Service Award
An award recognizing student civic engagement
AWARD INFORMATION
Submission Deadline – Thursday, February 26, 2015
The Florida College System (FCS) recognizes student organizations for outstanding efforts to increase civic
engagement through campus-wide student involvement, education and awareness initiatives. In order to
recognize these civic engagement initiatives within the FCS, the Division of Florida Colleges (division) began
a video contest in 2014 and created the Chancellor’s Student Service Award. Miami Dade College Kendall
Campus’ Omicron Tau was named as the winner of the inaugural award during the 2014 All-Florida
Academic Team Awards Ceremony.
The division is now accepting video to be considered for the 2015 Chancellor’s Student Service Award, which
will be announced at the All-Florida Academic Team Awards Ceremony in Tallahassee on April 9, 2015. Phi
Theta Kappa (PTK) chapters are encouraged to submit short video highlighting civic involvement in their
community. Submissions will be judged by K-12 classes as part of their studies on civic engagement. The
winning chapter will receive a monetary award up to $500 as well as the statewide recognition.
ELIGIBILITY
Each PTK chapter may submit a student-produced video that does not exceed one minute in length
featuring their involvement in civic action during the 2014-15 school year. The video should capture student
commitment to civic and community engagement and may include discussions, interviews, service projects
and/or other engagement activities either on campus or in the local community.
Videos submitted should highlight their PTK chapter’s civic engagement and will be judged based upon these
criteria:
Civic engagement activity highlighted in video (60%)
• Impact on community
• Ability for civic engagement to be replicated
• Student participation level
Video quality (40%)
• Technical features
• Video content and creativity
The Chancellor’s Student Service Award
An award recognizing student civic engagement
Submission Deadline – Thursday, February 26, 2015
VIDEO GUIDLEINES AND SUBMISSION
1. Each participating PTK chapter may sign up for one free Stupeflix account through an invitation link
from the Division of Florida Colleges. To begin, send an email to Liam.McClay@fldoe.org requesting a
contest link to the division’s Stupeflix account at www.stupeflix.com.
2. PTK chapters should create a folder using the name of their institution and their PTK chapter
(example: Miami Dade College Omicron Tau).
3. Videos must be created using a smart phone, tablet or computer.
4. During the video creation process, chapters may create/upload as many videos as they wish to the
Stupeflix account.
5. Final video submissions must be issued by either a PTK advisor or PTK chapter president and should
be labeled “College Name – PTK Chapter Name – Final Submission.” Other draft videos must be
deleted following submission. Chapters with more than one video in their account at the
submission deadline will be disqualified.
CONTEST RULES
1. Only one video submission per PTK chapter is allowed.
2. The use of professional video/camera equipment is prohibited. However, photos previously taken at
civic engagement events using personal cameras may be accepted.
3. Submitted videos should be no more than one minute in length.
4. The video must not highlight brand names or trademarks.
5. The video must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, defamatory,
slanderous or libelous, or that promotes discrimination in any form including age, disability, gender,
nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.
6. Participants agree that permission has been obtained from each person who appears in the contest
video.
7. Participants agree that they are the sole authors of the contest entry and have the permission to use
or incorporate any entry portions authored or owned by third parties and that they have not
infringed upon the intellectual property rights or any legal or moral rights of any third party. All
elements of the video must be entirely in the public domain. Use of any elements that are not original
or in the public domain may result in disqualification.
8. The Division of Florida Colleges reserves the right to disqualify and remove from the contest any
video that it believes to contain inappropriate content or infringes on the rights of any third party.
For questions about the Chancellor’s Student Service Award, please contact Liam McClay at Liam.McClay@fldoe.org