Fall is here and with the chilly air and Halloween decorations comes festivals and all things pumpkin spice. Harvest Fest is a way to embrace the fall season right here on campus. A mid-semester celebration of the fall season with activities, music, games, and more.
Harvest Fest will take place this Halloween on Oct. 31 in building 7 outside the Tartan Marketplace from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This October marks the third year for Harvest Fest.
The list of activities for the day is subject to change but currently includes a variety of activities. Spanning from pumpkin carving and a Halloween bake sale sponsored by Art Club to games and agriculture festival information presented by the Sinclair library.
The Clarion will be at the festival sponsoring a photo booth and costume contest.
There will be a Meaning of Harvest Fest presentation at 12:30 p.m. presented by professor Amanda Hayden and sponsored by the Multifaith Campus Ministry.
Also, in honor of October disability awareness month, Disability services will be hosting a related awareness activity and information.
More activities will include haunted hoops sponsored by the Sinclair bookstore, and art sponsored by Student and Community Engagement.
There will be games about phobias, symptoms, and treatments hosted by the Psychology club, and a booth with information about career communities.
The day will be packed with these and many other Harvest Fest activities to celebrate the presence of the chilly fall season.
The event is hosted by the Campus Activity Board (CAB). CAB is a committee that plans events and collaborates with departments, academic divisions and student groups across campus.
CAB hosts many events throughout the year, including Winter Wonderland and the Spring Fling. The committee consists of faculty, staff and students that meet regularly to maintain the presence of these events on campus.
Student and Community Engagement is the department that chairs CAB. Kates Brommeland is the Coordinator of student engagement at the Student and Community Engagement office.
“It [Harvest Fest] is about celebrating the fall season. I think it is important for the Sinclair community because it provides an opportunity for students to be engaged with campus life,” Brommeland said.
Brommeland wrote that her favorite thing about Harvest Fest was being able to see how much fun the students can have on campus.
“The event started to provide a mid-semester break to celebrate the fall season and have fun on campus,” Brommeland said.
Cerridwyn Kuykendall
Reporter