{"id":809,"date":"2019-11-04T09:43:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T09:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle1stg.wpenginepowered.com\/mse\/?p=809"},"modified":"2023-10-27T15:28:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:28:20","slug":"boo-in-the-courtyard-a-full-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mse\/boo-in-the-courtyard-a-full-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Boo in the Courtyard-a Full Recap!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Engineering faculty and staff delivered once again with their Halloween spirit and creativity for \u201cBoo in the Courtyard,\u201d the college\u2019s annual costume contest between departments. This year\u2019s theme was \u201cAt the Movies,\u201d with administration judges dressed as a film crew and departments picking movie-related team costumes. New this year was an Office Decorating Contest, with separate prizes for the site-based d\u00e9cor efforts.<\/p>\n

For the courtyard Halloween day event, the October weather cooperated and participants were able to fully get their \u201cboo\u201d on in the engineering courtyard.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0electrical engineering and computer science department<\/a>\u00a0won first place with their \u201cToy Story\u201d costumes and a skit that had former department head Leon Tolbert, as the cowboy character Woody, greeting the new \u201csheriff in town,\u201d current department head Greg Peterson, as space hero Buzz Lightyear. To that, Peterson said, \u201cTo electricity and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0nuclear engineering department<\/a>\u00a0won second place as \u201cThe Addams Family\u201d\u2014or was that the \u201cAtoms Family\u201d? Professor Lawrence Heilbronn was Gomez Addams, and\u00a0Tonya Mathes was Morticia, with Lydia Sharp disguise as the long-haired Cousin Itt.<\/p>\n

In third place,\u00a0materials science and engineering<\/a>\u00a0Department Head Veerle Keppens had fun as Cruella DeVil from \u201c101 Dalmatians,\u201d with other department faculty and staff in appropriately spotted Dalmatian attire.<\/p>\n

For the Office Decorating Contest, votes were cast in five categories: creativity, best fit to the theme, originality, most Halloween spirit, and best participation. Civil and environmental engineering won first place in each category and received the most overall votes with their multi-room \u201cClue\u201d d\u00e9cor. Department Head Chris Cox portrayed \u201cProfessor Plum in the Library,\u201d and something terrible befell Col. Mustard in the conservatory.<\/p>\n

The chemical and biomolecular engineering office won second place in most categories and received the second most votes overall with their depiction of the movie \u201cUp.\u201d Professor Robert Counce took on the role of main character Carl, they filled the room with balloons, and a live dog played Doug.<\/p>\n

\u203a\u00a0Boo in the Courtyard winners:<\/h3>\n