LBCC President Mike Munoz teamed up with the college’s Classified Senate Council on Monday to present a special on-campus Halloween event for staff and students to have the opportunity to show off their Halloween costumes.
Although the event was catered towards the college’s employees, students were more than welcome to join in on the fun.
Out of the 23 contestants who participated in the costume contest, only three were named winners by the Classified Senate and only one single winner was named by President Mike Munoz.
LBCC students Kyci McCaffrey who was dressed as Big Man from Splatoon 3 and Edith Rumps dressed as Harrowhark Nonagesimus, along with LBCC’s EOPS coordinator Deatrice Shernell dressed as a pirate were all voted winners of the individual costume contest.
“I was expecting nothing less but to win…I really love dressing up for Halloween so it was awesome to be named one of the winners today,” said Edith Rumps after being named one of the contest winners.
The president’s award went to LBCC student Brandon Baker, who was not only dressed as Michael Myers, but acted in character throughout the entire event.
The event took place at the kinesiology lab and aquatic center multi-purpose room located inside the brand new W building at LBCC’s Liberal Arts Campus.
“One of the things we felt was important coming out of COVID-19 is finding opportunities where we can be intentional about building community for our employees here at LBCC,” said President Mike Munoz, “this Halloween event led by the classified senate was a perfect way to do just that.”
There were only two groups who participated in the group stage of the contest, one being LBCC’s welcome center staff who dressed up as crayons and the other group made up of members of LBCC’s OLET, IITS, and Learning Resource Center departments dressed as a group of garden friends.
The variety of garden friends gave the crayons no chance, as the mixed departments who teamed up took the prize.
“I love the idea of everyone coming through for the holiday to enjoy food and just the camaraderie…making the most of the space this new building gives us I sure hope we can continue this kind of event next year as well,” said Brandon Tejada, who’s both a member of LBCC’s Classified Senate and an IITS support specialist.
There was no doubt that the main attraction of the event was the costume contest, but there were definitely other surprises as well.
Food, drinks, treats, and a cool 360 camera booth were all available for free as part of the event.
Those who attended were welcomed outside the entrance with candy that was passed out by members of the senate and other LBCC staff.
Staff and students also felt the spooky vibes as soon as they walked through the door when they were greeted by clouds of fog that lingered throughout the room.
The walls were covered with all sorts of webs, tomb stones and skeleton decorations while each table had a Halloween prop placed in the center. No matter where you were in the room, it really felt like Halloween Day.
There’s no guarantee that the Halloween event will go on next year, but with the way everyone enjoyed this year’s gathering, it points to everything going in the right direction.