Lingua Mater Student Competition Deadline
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Virtual EventThe Lingua Mater competition invites students to translate Cornell's Alma Mater into a different language and submit a video of the performed translation. The inaugural Lingua Mater student competition took place in 2018 as part of Cornell's Global Grand Challenges Symposium. The top three videos received cash prizes.
2022 competition details
Can you translate Cornell’s Alma Mater into your mother tongue (or a language you are learning/have learned at Cornell) and sing it? We invite you to translate “Far Above Cayuga’s Waters” and submit a video of you (and your friends!) performing it somewhere on any of Cornell’s campuses.
Translations do not need to be exact or perfectly in meter but should capture the feel and tune of our university’s Alma Mater. As is customary, include the first verse, refrain, second verse, and refrain in your video submission (for guidance, listen to a performance and read the lyrics).
Video submissions need to be MP4 files at 1920 x 1080 (1080p), in landscape mode with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Please ensure that you have copyright permission for any images/videos you use.
Entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges. Submissions will be judged equally on the translation, the musical quality, and the creativity in visual presentation.
The top three entries will win cash prizes.
Winners will be announced during International Education Week (November 14-18, 2022) and the top three videos will be posted online that week.
Entries may be submitted by any registered Cornell student or group of students.
Submission deadline: Sunday, October 30, 2022
SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO AND LYRICS HERE
Please contact Angelika Kraemer, Director of the Language Resource Center, if you have any questions.
The Lingua Mater competition is co-sponsored by the Language Resource Center and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs.
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Angelika Kraemer