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Staff Council
Tawnie Peterson, Chair
Jessie Raeder, Office Coordinator/ASC
Kendall Hall, Room 202
530-898-5905
stac@csuchico.edu

Staff Council Hours
8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Monday–Friday

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Staff Council (STAC)
400 W. First St.
Chico, CA 95929–0160

Halloween Costume Contest

A Friendly Campus Competition: Contests for Individuals, Departments, and Offices

Costume Contest

Staff Council’s annual costume contest is back!  You can participate as an individual or team up with your office, department, or other group.  All contest entries and voting will be online.  If you want to show off your costume in front of an audience, you’ll have a chance to walk the runway at Koffee & Kudos.  Trophies are awarded for best Individual Costume, Group Costume, and a People's Choice Award. 

  • To enter the Costume Contest send your best picture (only 1) of your individual or group costume to stac@csuchico.edu by noon on October 31st. 
  • You cannot submit an entry for an individual costume if you are submitting as part of a group costume. 
  • Please include a name for your costume, even if it should be obvious. 
  • Please see this guidance on costume selection (PDF).  Staff Council has the right to eliminate any inappropriate submissions.  

Outstanding Performance Contest

We encourage you to submit a video for the Performance Contest!  This contest is wide open - Associated Students, who won for many years in a row, was declared our "Showstoppers in Perpetuity", and while they may still perform, they are no longer competing.  

  • To enter the contest, please submit a video of your performance (video submission cannot exceed 3 minutes) to stac@csuchico.edu by noon on October 31st. 
  • If you would like to perform at the Halloween Koffee & Kudos, please let the Staff Council office know in advance so we can work out details.

Office Decorating Contest

The Halloween Office Decoration contest was amazing last year and it's on again!  To enter, have your office decorated by Tuesday, October 29. Staff Council judges will come by Tuesday or Wednesday.  Fill out the participation form so we will know to visit your office.  

Contest Judging

  • The Individual and Group Costume Contests and the Performance will be judged by a panel of non-conflicted parties.
  • There will be an opportunity for all staff to vote electronically for the People's Choice Award. 
  • Staff Council members - those who visit all contestants - will judge the Office Decorating Contest.

Check out the 2023 Contest Winners for inspiration!

Best Individual Costume: David Barta as "The Tin-Man"

David Barta standing outside Ayers Hall dressed in a beautiful handmade costume of the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. His face is painted silver, he carries a fake silver ax, and he has a heart medal stuck to the breast of his suit.

Best Group Costume:  The Office of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts - "HFA Airways"

HFA staff and friends photoshopped into an airport setting. Three are dressed as flight attendants with a tray of sodas and carafe of coffee. Two are dressed as pilots. Five are dressed as passengers with luggage, one is reading the Book in Common, one is touristy with a selfie stick, one looks posh and haughty, two look sick and bundled up. One holds a sign as if looking for a passenger and the final person has a yellow vest and two red lights for directing luggage cart traffic.

Performance: L. Renee Boyd - "Maggie Magpie"

Renee Boyd dressed as a yellow billed magpie. She is wearing a venetian gold mask with a beak. Her front is covered with white feathers; she has two beautifully constructed wings arching overhead covered in black feathers, and she's wearing thigh high black leather boots.

People's Choice Winner: Art and Art History Department - "The Wizard of Oz"

Art and Art History staff dressed in very realistic outfits from the movie Wizard of Oz including Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly lion, the Scarecrow, Glinda the Good Witch, the Witch of the West, the Wizard, and a member of the lollypop guild. They are gathered in front of a partially sideways whitewashed house made of cardboard, out from under which are sticking two legs in striped stockings and ruby slippers.

Best Office Decorations: Accessibility Resource Center - "Clue"  More photos of the office decorations(opens in new window)

Holly Hunt dressed as Professor Plum with a glue gun in the lounge. Mary Cox dressed as Miss Scarlett in the library with a butter knife. Nicole Clift dressed as Mrs. White with a rope in the music room. Valerie Wolfe dressed as Mrs. Peacock in the conservatory with a wrench. Carter Moore dressed as Colonel Mustard in the study with a candlestick. Alex Garcia dressed as Mr. Green in the kitchen with a lead pipe. Casey Lyons dressed as Wadsworth the Butler.

2023 Virtual Halloween Costume Contest (PDF)

2022 Virtual Halloween Costume Contest (PDF)