Spooktacular Breakfast
Come join the Staff Senate for a Spooktacular time
Let's get spooky, Bearkats!
Staff Senate invites you to join the annual Spooktacular celebration for breakfast!
October 31, 2025, from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: LSC Orange Ballroom
Join your colleagues for scary good food and compete for a chance to win prizes for the most spooktacular individual costume and group costume. There will also be a photo booth on-site to capture all of the fun and for you to snap a social media-worthy picture! We even conjured up a way for you to participate if you can't attend in person.
Support the Campus Food Pantry & Tripods Thrift!
Help us stock the shelves by bringing any of the following items as your entry fee:
- Pantry staples: Pasta, pasta sauce, canner fruit, canned proteins (beans, chicken, tuna)
- Breakfast items: Cereal, granola bars, Pop-Tarts
- Condiments: Ketchup, mustard, mayo, etc.
- Toiletries: Shampoo, soap, toothpaste, deodorant (All go to Tripods Thift!)
See the image below for more items that can be donated to the Food Pantry!
ADA accommodations may be requested through staffsenate@shsu.edu.
Costume Contest Rules and Registration
GENERAL
- Staff Senate members can participate in the contest; they just can’t judge the contest that they enter
- Can enter either in person OR virtual contest- can’t enter both
- Virtual contestants will be judged separately from the in-person
- Contestants can participate in more than one category (ex. Can enter individual, group, and pumpkin decorating contest)
IN-PERSON
Categories:
- Spookiest (Individual Winner)
- Best Group (Group Winner)
- Most Creative (Judges Choice)
Rules:
- Register to participate by 8:50 am at the Welcome table
- Individual and/or group costume contest
- The costume contest will begin promptly at 9 am.
VIRTUAL
Categories:
- Spookiest (Individual Winner)
- Best Group (Group Winner)
- Fan Favorite (Judges Choice)
Rules:
- Participants will submit an entry form with photo; entry should include name(s) of participants, entry category, department name and contact information.
- All entries must be submitted by 9 am to be eligible
- Virtual contestants will be judged via PowerPoint during the event by guest Judges
PUMPKIN DECORATING
IN-PERSON
Category:
- Staff Favorite Pumpkin
Rules:
- Pumpkins can be carved or painted to be entered into the contest
- Register to participate by 8:30 am at the Welcome table
- Each pumpkin will be assigned a number
- All pumpkins should be picked up by 10:15 am or they will be thrown away.
VIRTUAL
Category:
- Staff Senate Favorite Pumpkin
Rules:
- Pumpkins can be carved or painted to be eligible for the contest.
- Participants will submit an entry form with photos; entry should include name(s) of participants, entry category, department name and contact information
- All entries must be submitted by 12:00 pm on Tuesday, October 28 to be included in the contest
Questions? Concerns?
Please contact Staff Senate at staffsenate@shsu.edu if you have any questions.