For the second year in a row, the HUB took home the “Homecoming Spirit” trophy for a campus department, and the Teacher Education Club took home the award’s club or organization counterpart. The “Banner Competition” went to The Clayton State Science Association and the Center for Academic Success received top honors for the “Door Decorating Contest.”

Gid Rowell, Director of Alumni Relations and cochair of the Homecoming Committee, explained how Homecoming came to be so close to Halloween this year. “Since the year 2000, Homecoming has been held during the soccer season in the fall, before that year, Homecoming was held during the basketball season in the winter,” he explained. Because of this, the schedule has to work with the team’s game times and they “grabbed the first home game date available.” For example, Homecoming last year was “mid October from the 9th through the 14th,” according Mr. Rowell. When asked if he thought Homecoming on Halloween weekend would affect student turnout, he replied, “Clayton State has held homecoming during or near the Halloween weekend before. In 2002 we even had a Halloween theme…I don’t think it will have an impact on the attendance outcome.” This year, the theme was “Catch Us If You Can.”

“The theme is geared toward all the development that is going on in and around campus. With the construction of the new student center and new student dorms, along with the progression of the new Business building, we thought it was appropriate,” concluded Mr. Rowell.

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