American Fork, UT (ClassesandCareers.com) November 17, 2009 – ClassesandCareers.com has announed the winners of its recent contest that encouraged participants to write their scariest stories for a chance to win an Amazon Kindle. Patric Krueger of Port St. Lucie, Fl, and Jabon Dix of American Fork, Ut won the prizes with their scary stories. The winning stories have been placed on ClassesandCareers’ College Life blog.
Krueger won an Amazon Kindle with a true story of a poltergeist that haunted a South Carolina farmhouse that he and his roommates lived in for a few weeks. The events started mildly enough. Objects would go missing, sometimes showing up in strange places. Occasionally they’d wake up and find a circle of silverware on the floor. Eventually a presence started physically harming his roommate. He woke up being smothered once and finally woke up with second-degree burns on his arms. They moved out the next day.
"Wow. This is fantastic. A KINDLE. Thank you so much," Krueger said. "I’m especially glad that people liked the story."
The runner-up was Jabon Dix of American Fork, UT, who told a tale of getting locked and deserted in an abandoned prison. His story left the reader with a feeling of abandonment that is almost haunting.
Krueger has charitable plans for his prize. "I’m going to surprise my Uncle Jimmy this Christmas with the Kindle, which will be fully-loaded with all his favorite books, and then some. Uncle Jimmy is an older fella, retired, and loves history books, especially the Napoleonic Era and pre-revolutionary France. You could say he’s an amateur historian. He has a love for books that is deep and abiding. I’m certain he will be entranced by the new technology and the delivery system the Kindle promises," Krueger said.
ClassesandCareers.com has unveiled their third contest with the close of this competition. Their newest contest asks participants to put together their funniest Christmas video. Submissions can include movie spoofs, carol parodies or original concepts.
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American Fork, UT (ClassesandCareers.com) November 17, 2009 -- ClassesandCareers.com has announced the winners of their recent Student Scavenger Contest. Maria Pilat of Bensenville, Ill, won the grand prize consisting of a $100 restaurant gift card, a $200 Wal-Mart gift card and a case of ramen noodles. The second place prize was won by Daniel Bates of Euless, Tx. Daniel also won a $200 Wal-mart gift card and a case of ramen noodles.
"This is amazing. What a wonderful prize. I almost would say the best part is the ramen noodles....almost," Maria said.
Contestants entered stories about their best food scavenging attempts and adventures. Ranging from going to religious meetings for free food or hanging around people who have meal plans on campus, stories poured into the
Winner Maria Pilat used several techniques to get food. "I’ve dated guys I didn’t really like just for the dinner, I’ve waitressed to eat cheaply, I’ve stopped in on friends 'at dinner time'. I’ve eaten at all the school functions, gone to tons of parties just for the food and, of course, taken the extra plate of food at buffets and tucked the goodies in my 'doggie bag'."
Second place winner Daniel Bates, who uploaded 15 videos to YouTube, had several suggestions as well. One of his favorite methods includes going online for coupons and free offers.
Hundreds of others commented, tweeted and blogged about their food scavenging attempts.
ClassesandCareers.com has unveiled their third contest with the close of this competition. Their newest contest asks participants to put together their funniest Christmas video. Submissions can include movie spoofs, carol parodies or original concepts.
ClassesandCareers.com is a leading online portal providing information and resources to prospective students looking to begin or to finish their college education. Currently, ClassesandCareers.com represents dozens of colleges and universities, offering over 1,000 accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees, diplomas, and certificates. ClassesandCareers.com is dedicated to bringing schools and students together and helping individuals make education decisions to meet their professional goals.
American Fork (ClassesandCareers.com) November 17, 2009 — ClassesandCareers.com is challenging its users to submit their funniest Christmas video for a chance to win a PlayStation 3, a Nintendo DS Lite or an Amazon.com Gift Card. The contest has been announced after the success in College Life’s previous contests, featuring scary stories and student scavenging techniques.
College Life is looking for parodies of Christmas classic movies and carols or even original funny Christmas videos. The highest rated video at the end of the contest will be awarded with a PlayStation 3 and second place will win a Nintendo DS Lite. For those who don’t have the means to produce a video, comments and tweets about the contest will enter them into a drawing for a chance to win a $50 Amazon.com Gift Card.
"The videos don’t need to be elaborate or costly, just funny. We don’t care if you do it with a web cam or a blackberry or a RED camera. We just want them to be funny," said Chris Kirkham, a producer for College Life.
This is the first video contest that the site has ever hosted.
"I think it’s a big step. It’s a lot easier to put up a comment or send a tweet out than to make a video– even a simple video. But I think a lot of people have talent in video and comedy and this is a great opportunity to show that off," Kirkham said.
Participants must be 18 or older, the original creator of all content, and must keep all entries family-friendly. To enter the contest, participants should upload a video to YouTube and place the link in the official contest post on College Life. Videos must be shorter than 5 minutes. Entries will be closed after Dec. 12th. The top 8 videos will be entered into a playoff competition that will determine the winners of the competition based on votes. Voting will close on Dec 19th and the winners will be announced on the 20th.
ClassesandCareers.com is a leading online portal providing information and resources to prospective students looking to begin or to finish their college education. Currently, ClassesandCareers.com represents dozens of colleges and universities, offering over 1,000 accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees, diplomas, and certificates. ClassesandCareers.com is dedicated to bringing schools and students together and helping individuals make education decisions to meet their professional goals.
American Fork, UT (ClassesandCareers.com) October 15, 2009 – ClassesandCareers.com is challenging its users to submit their most shiver-inducing tales for their Scariest Freaking Story Ever Contest 2009. The entry with the most votes will win a new Amazon Kindle. Entries range from bloody to bone-chilling, to true life accounts, to fictional short stories.
The contest asks users to tell their most frightening story, factual or fictional. Entries will be evaluated based on the number of votes they receive. The story that receives the most votes will win a brand-new Amazon Kindle. A randomly chosen runner-up will win a $50 gift card to Amazon.com.
Entrants spin spooky tales of malevolent spirits, possessed MP3 players, Native American shapeshifters, and surgery gone horribly wrong.
"One night he woke up and found a man standing over his bed staring down at him… Then the man spoke. ‘You feel cold, don’t you?’” writes Patric Krueger. “About a week later he woke up with 2nd degree burns on his arm.”
"Scary stories have an important place in the college experience, and the best time to tell them is Halloween," says Adam Sorensen, director of SEO at ClassesandCareers.com. "So we created a contest where students share their scariest stories and win a truly awesome prize."
The contest is the second contest from ClassesandCareers.com’s new College Life blog, which features posts, videos, podcasts, and contests about everything college life. More contests will follow on a monthly basis.
Sorensen continues, "Everyone has a scary story to tell, no matter who they are. Allowing people to tell those stories is a fun experience."
The contest ends at midnight on October 31, after which the top five stories will be chosen. Users will be allowed to vote for their favorite story until November 7. The winner and the randomly chosen runner-up will be announced November 10. To enter the contest or see contest entries, visit the contest page.
ClassesandCareers.com is a leading online portal providing information and resources to prospective students looking to begin or to finish their college education. Currently, ClassesandCareers.com represents dozens of colleges and universities, offering over 1,000 accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees, diplomas, and certificates. ClassesandCareers.com is dedicated to bringing schools and students together and helping individuals make education decisions to meet their professional goals.
American Fork, UT (ClassesandCareers.com) October 13, 2009 – ClassesandCareers.com is inviting readers to submit their best tips on scavenging for free food to win a host of prizes in their new contest, Student Scavenger Contest 2009. Entries range from desperate to funny to despicable.
The contest asks readers to share their original "starving student" stories of how they successfully foraged for free food. The first-prize-winner will receive a $100 restaurant gift card, a $200 Wal-Mart gift card, and a case of Top Ramen. Second place will win a Wal-Mart gift card and a case of Top Ramen. Third place gets a case of Top Ramen.
Students share their shameless experiences of getting food from Costco samples, mooching off of a girlfriend’s cooking, or eating leftovers at the restaurants they worked at.
"Ok, this is going to sound really bad… but you can get great free food from the food pantries at local churches," says Karen Meyers, a contest entrant and a student at Southern Virginia University.
"We wanted to reward our users and have some fun in the process," says Adam Sorensen, director of SEO at ClassesandCareers.com. "So we created this contest where students can be a part of something, share a good laugh, and win cool stuff."
The contest is meant to kick off ClassesandCareers.com’s new College Life blog, which features posts, videos, podcasts, and contests about everything college life. More contests will follow on a monthly basis.
Sorensen continues, "When I was in college, I would completely run out of money by the end of the semester and all I could afford was Top Ramen… I think almost every college student can relate to that."
The contest ends at midnight on October 31, after which a random drawing will be held to select the winners. Winners will be announced November 2. To enter the contest or see contest entries, visit: http://www.classesandcareers.com/collegelife/free-food-contest/
ClassesandCareers.com is a leading online portal providing information and resources to prospective students looking to begin or to finish their college education. Currently, ClassesandCareers.com represents dozens of colleges and universities, offering over 1,000 accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees, diplomas, and certificates. ClassesandCareers.com is dedicated to bringing schools and students together and helping individuals make education decisions to meet their professional goals.
[subheadline]Classesandcareers.com announced today they have reached the milestone of offering over 1000 academic programs from accredited colleges and universities. Included in the 1000 programs are certificates and diplomas as well as associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees ranging along a variety of subjects such as business, nursing, design, information technology, and criminal justice. [/subheadline]
Classesandcareers.com Classesandcareers.com announced today they have reached the milestone of offering over 1000 academic programs from accredited colleges and universities. Included in the 1000 programs are certificates and diplomas as well as associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees ranging along a variety of subjects such as business, nursing, design, information technology, and criminal justice. "We are delighted to reach this benchmark," says Nicholas Greer, President of Classesandcareers.com (a division of One on One Marketing, Inc.). "The goal has always been to give prospective students plenty of options so that everyone can find the perfect program, we’ve done that. Best of all, this is only the beginning." Visitors to Classesandcareers.com can view all 1000 programs using the enhanced navigation bar unveiled early last month.
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Classesandcareers.com unveils a new navigation bar based on top-down, horizontal models made popular by websites such as Amazon.com. This improved navigation system is designed to allow users to easily negotiate the more than 750 academic programs available through Classesandcareers.com and thereby increase search efficiency and satisfaction.
Classesandcareers.com unveils a new navigation bar based on top-down, horizontal models made popular by websites such as Amazon.com. This improved navigation system is designed to allow users to easily negotiate the more than 750 academic programs available through Classesandcareers.com and thereby increase search efficiency and satisfaction. The horizontal navigation system focuses on nine general areas of academic study, which are featured prominently along the top edge and displayed throughout the portal. These general areas of study include business, criminal justice and legal, design, education , health and nursing, IT and engineering, liberal arts, social sciences, and vocational studies. The general areas are written on tabs and can be activated easily on any page in the portal. Once a general area has been selected, a drop-down menu appears, showing more specific areas of study, which in turn lead to common program names. "The revamped navigation system has been a real collaborative effort," says Nicholas Greer, President of Classesandcareers.com (a division of One on One Marketing, Inc.). "It’s been the product of months of research and hundreds of hours of work. But it’s all for the user. The hope is that this new navigation will allow us to help students find exactly the program they want quickly and easily." The new navigation system is one of several innovations Classesandcareers.com has planned for its portal in the coming months. "With each new innovation," Greer notes, "we make it easier for students to find the schools they want, and we make it easier for schools to find the students they want. Everybody’s happy — that’s our goal."
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Classesandcareers.com is a leading online portal providing information and resources to prospective students looking to begin – or to finish – their college education. Currently, Classesandcareers.com represents dozens of colleges and universities offering over 750 accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees, diplomas, and certificates. Classesandcareers.com is dedicated to bringing schools and students together and helping individuals make educated decisions about their professional goals.
