🍂 RHA’s 2nd Annual Fall Festival

Join us once again for some Fall Fun at RHA’s 2nd Annual Fall Festival 🍂🎃 on Tuesday, October 31st, from 6-10PM. We’re here to help you celebrate Fall with various festivities and snacks!

Play some carnival games to win fun prizes or dare to venture into our haunted corn maze. Enjoy some good old-fashioned cathartic destruction with Pumpkin Paint & Pummel, where you can paint and then destroy helpless pumpkins! After that you can pet the cute animals in the petting zoo, and then check out some of our Community Council Officer-led booths with fun activities! During set-up, from around 11:00am to 2:30pm, there will also be 40+ adorable dogs wearing their best Halloween costumes. 

Be sure to register and sign the waiver on Engage. This is required for entry and participation in ANY activities! You will receive a wristband upon completing check-in at the event.

Before reading on, check out our video from Fall Festival last year!


Pumpkin Paint & Pummel 🎃🔨 

  • Looking to relieve some mid-semester stress? Take out your anger on some pumpkins! Come paint and then smash some fresh pumpkins with a large, heavy sledgehammer. Of course, if wanted, you can also just paint your pumpkin and take it home! 

Carnival Games & Prizes 🎪🏆

  • Hi-Striker: Test your strength with this classic carnival game! Put some power into that mallet and see if you can ring the bell!
  • Clown Tooth: Afraid of clowns? Face your fears and knock out some clown teeth for prizes! 
  • Stand a Bottle: Use a ring on string and get the bottle to stand! 
  • Hit the Bucket: Try and throw your ball into the bucket—if it stays in, you win! 
  • Ring Toss: This classic carnival game needs no explanation—toss those rings onto those pegs! 

Haunted Corn Maze 🌽👻 

  • BOO! Do you have the guts to venture into our Haunted Corn Maze? As the sun sets, the fog rolls in. Monsters will begin to emerge from the maze! Can you make it out alive, or will you succumb to fear? 

Petting Zoo 🐐🐄

  • Come see some cute animals at our petting zoo! You will be able to see a variety of adorable animals including a miniature cow, a donkey, a horse, a goat, a sheep, and a rabbit!

Community Council Booths 🏠🏠

  • Your Community Council Officers will be having a booth with fun activities at Fall Festival! Come out to support them and have some fun. 

There will also be a variety of Fall-themed snacks and hot chocolate! Food will be first-come, first-serve.


Check-In 

  • To ensure waivers are completed, you will receive a wristband at the check-in area upon providing proof of waiver completion through Engage. Attendees will not be allowed to participate in ANY aspect of the event without a wristband. 

Safety 

  • Clothing/Apparel: To smash pumpkins, you are required to wear closed-toe shoes. We will provide a hard hat, gloves, and safety goggles that you must wear to smash pumpkins! 
  • Waiver: This must be filled out to participate in ANY activities at Fall Festival. Participants under 18 are required to have a parent’s signature to complete the waiver.

Volunteers

  • Want to be part of what makes Fall Festival fun? Sign up to volunteer for a portion of the event! Volunteers get to have a full hour of Fall Festival fun before the event officially starts, and get entered into a raffle that is pulled at the end of the semester! Sign up here!

⚡ EcoReps Energy Saving Competition

Does your residence hall have what it takes to save the most energy? As part of Campus Sustainability Month, we’re partnering with EcoReps to host a week-long energy reduction competition between on-campus residence halls. As a resident, you play a key role to reducing waste within your residence hall—this is also a great opportunity to learn environmentally sustainable behaviors!

The EcoReps Energy Saving Competition starts Monday, October 16th and lasts until Sunday, October 22nd. The winning residence hall will have a special party with food!  We’ll be updating the standings daily on @rhagt and at the bottom of this page! 

Tips & Tricks for Reducing Energy Use 

  • Open blinds for natural light instead of turning on the lights. 
  • Turn off lights when not in use. 
  • Keep AC/HVAC close to outside temperature. 
  • Conserve water—heating water takes a lot of energy! 
  • Unplug all appliances when not in use.
  • Report any drips or leaks by submitting a maintenance request. 
  • Only wash your laundry when you have a full load, wash laundry on cold. 
  • Air-dry instead of using a dryer.

Why is Energy Conservation Important? 

  • Georgia’s energy profile is only 12% renewable. 
  • Non-renewable energy emissions contribute to climate change and harm human health. 
  • Air pollution is responsible for deaths related to lung cancer, stroke, and ischemic heart disease. 
  • BIPOC are more likely to live/work near dirty energy sources, therefore exposed to 1.2-1.5x more to particulate matter than white non-Hispanic people. 

As a resident, you’re an important part in reducing the negative environmental effects of on-campus residence halls! While you may not be paying for utilities now, the ability to reduce waste by practicing environmentally sustainable behaviors is an essential skill that will help you transition to living on your own.

Who’s Winning? 

This challenge has ended. Congratulations to the Graduate Living Center!