Winterfest Christmas tree contest winners

Dur­ing Win­ter Fest, the Christ­mas trees made by eleven stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions and nine cam­pus depart­ments went on dis­play for the pub­lic. The orga­ni­za­tions had about a week to com­plete their trees, and the win­ners were marked with a sign at Win­ter Fest.  The con­test was intended to get every­one in the Christ­mas spirit and to cel­e­brate being a part of the uni­ver­sity community.

The Lead­er­ship Team and Stu­dent Involve­ment had pic­tures of stu­dents vol­un­teer­ing with chil­dren and all sorts of fun adven­tures and vol­un­teer­ing oppour­tu­ni­ties. Their tree won for the stu­dent orga­ni­za­tion cat­e­gory for best over­all marks in cre­ativ­ity, theme, time and effort, and event appropriateness.

Amnesty Inter­na­tional and the Inter­na­tional Peace Stud­ies Asso­ci­a­tion had lit­tle paper dec­o­ra­tions all over it with mes­sages and sym­bols of peace and unity. Thier tree was awarded marks for dec­o­rat­ing with the best over­all them in the stu­dent orga­ni­za­tion category.

Out of all the cam­pus depart­ments, Finan­cial Aid topped them all. Their tree was dec­o­rated with a santa hat as a tree top­per, and it had fake arms com­ing out of it and big black boots at the bot­tom of the tree. The rest of the tree was dec­o­rated in red paper lanterns hang­ing down the sides, resem­bling a santa suit, and the Santa tree was hold­ing a mail­box full of let­ters. Attatched to the “belt” of gar­land was a let­ter of thanks to stu­dents for fill­ing out their FAF­SAs. There was a green present and a red bag full of play money. Finan­cial Aid rei­ceived marks for the best over­all in cre­ativ­ity, theme, time and effort, and event appropriateness.

The win­ners of the tree dec­o­rat­ing con­test were decided at 3 p.m. Thurs­day by five judges made of staff and stu­dents. The judg­ing took place any­time on Wednes­day and Thurs­day dur­ing reg­u­lar Mar­cowich Well­ness Cen­ter hours.

Some of the other stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions and cam­pus depart­ments who par­tic­i­pated were:

Global Aware­ness and Edu­ca­tion Com­mit­tee
Cam­pus Recre­ation
Career Ser­vices
Women’s Soc­cer
Ath­let­ics Depart­ment
Cir­cle of Native Nations
Stu­dent Health and Coun­selling
Col­leges Against Can­cer
YU Info Desk
Busi­ness and Eco­nom­ics club
SUFAC and Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment Association