SGTC Americus Campus Sees Record Student Participation at Halloween Event

November 5, 2018
A group of costumed people sit on the front row of bleachers
A group of costume contest participants await the results of the individual costume contest at South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween event.

A board game character, a gruesome police officer and a chicken all walked away with trophies from South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween celebration on the Americus campus recently. The event, which was the largest to date, was held in the Hangar and featured an individual costume contest, a group costume contest, a pumpkin carving contest and a free lunch.

More than 100 students – some in costume and some without – attended the event, which was hosted by the Student Government Association (SGA). The 28 costumed students who wanted a shot at bookstore gift cards, trophies and bragging rights lined up in the lobby of the gym at 11:30 a.m., awaiting their turn to be called in front of the student body and the panel of judges (Whitney Crisp, admissions director; Dr. Debra Jones, assistant vice president of student navigation and institution support; Tami Blount, administrative assistant of economic development).

After deliberation, the judges awarded the third place trophy and a $15 bookstore gift card for the best costume to Michael Dewberry, an automotive technology student, for his chicken costume; the second place trophy and a $25 gift card to Destiny Baker, a cosmetology student, for her gruesome police office outfit; and the first place trophy and a $50 gift card to Ashley Holland, a medical assisting student, for her “Cavity Sam” – the character from the Operation game board – costume.

Following the individual costume contest, three programs showed off their group costumes for the judges. Group winners included the medical assisting group in third place for their “Operation” themed costumes, cosmetology in second for their Wizard of Oz costumes, and the marketing management program won the first place trophy for their plane crash victim skit and costumes.

In addition to dressing up, programs were also encouraged to pre-carve and submit a pumpkin to be judged in the carving contest. Nineteen programs submitted entries to be judged, and all were displayed in the lobby of the gym to be seen by the attendees. The winners of the contest included the electronics program’s monster pumpkin entry in third, welding’s Frankenstein pumpkin in second and medical assisting’s C-section pumpkin scene in first.

Following the contests, the attendees were invited to grab a bagged lunch, courtesy of Chef Ricky and the culinary arts department. Cynthia Carter, director of career services at SGTC, thanked students for coming to the events and making the Halloween festivities the most successful and well attended event yet.