GIA students and staff took a break after class to get in the seasonal spirit at the annual Halloween party Oct. 29. More than 50 partygoers filled a large tent that was set up and decorated with dangling toy spiders, ghosts and bats as they participated in karaoke and did the Electric Slide to D.J. music.

Top prizes in the costume contest went to Andrew Stevens for his Star Wars Emperor’s Royal Guard uniform; Danielle Peterson for her “Hooter Girl” get-up, which comprised of two stuffed owls pinned to her shirt; and Michel Beyeler who created a “Swiss Ruby” costume made from cardboard. There was also a classroom-wide pumpkin carving contest. The winning jack-o-lantern, with a black cat perched on top, came from classroom 206, a Graduate Jeweler class taught by Instructors Mark Maxwell and Adam Kelley. 

                                                                             -- Photos by Larne Boyles 

 Rose McKenna, Alumni Relations manager, judges jack-o-lanterns for the pumpkin carving contest.

Graduate Jeweler classroom 206 took first prize in the pumpkin carving contest.

Michel Beyeler in his cardboard “Swiss Ruby” costume
hits the dance floor with D.J. Maria Cristina Mercado.

International Student Advisor Kasey McCarthy performs a duet
of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" with Admissions Representative Stacy Tencer.

Students Anuj Agarwal and Ankur Desai.

Eun Jung Choi won the best effort category for her China girl costume.

D.J. Kurt Grunnan (left) helps student Michel Beyeler muster 
the confidence to sing Lynden David Hall’s “All You Need Is Love.”

Andrew Stevens won first place in the scariest costume
 category for his “Star Wars” Emperor’s Royal Guard uniform.