By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/b><\/p>\n
Winners have been announced by Fort Hays State University\u2019s Center for Student Involvement for the recent Homecoming events.<\/p>\n
The Homecoming king and queen were crowned at halftime of the Tiger football game on Saturday. Twenty-nine Homecoming royalty nominees represented 20 different student organizations and groups. The king and queen nominees are selected through a combination of scores on their applications, an interview process, and a popular vote of the student body, all of which takes place during Homecoming Week.
\nThe 2018 Homecoming queen is Cassidy Locke, a Wichita junior majoring in secondary English education. Locke\u2019s involvements include Delta Zeta, Sigma Tau Delta, VIP Ambassadors, Encounter and the Spanish Club.
\nThe 2018 Homecoming king is Roy Koech, a Russell senior majoring in criminal justice. Koech\u2019s involvements include the Criminal Justice Club, volunteering with Tigers In Service, Student Government Association, African Ambassadors and the United Methodist Student Organization.
\nAward winners from the Homecoming Parade:<\/p>\n
Sweepstakes Award \u2013 Alpha Kappa Psi<\/strong><\/p>\n This award is available to all entries. This year\u2019s winner, Alpha Kappa Psi is the university’s professional business fraternity, sporting a safari-jungle themed float.<\/p>\n President’s Award \u2013 University Activities Board<\/strong><\/p>\n This award is for FHSU groups only. University Activities Board brings free, interactive entertainment and music events that are open to both students and the public.<\/p>\n Heritage Award \u2013 Messiah Lutheran Church<\/strong><\/p>\n The Heritage Award is available to non-profit organizations only. Messiah Lutheran Church offers two services every Sunday at 8:30 or 11 am which are open to the public.<\/p>\n Tiger Spirit Award \u2013 Chinese Students and Scholars Association<\/strong><\/p>\n Only walking groups are eligible for this award. This year\u2019s winner, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, strives to serve the local community as a bridge between China, Hays and Ellis County.<\/p>\n Homecoming Pride Award \u2013 THM Travel Club<\/strong><\/p>\n Only walking groups are eligible for this award. The THM club works to gain awareness for the Tourism and Hospitality Management Department, it is celebrating this year the 10-year reunion of the department.<\/p>\n Ten organizations competed in the Student Organization Competition throughout the week, earning points for participating in Homecoming events. By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Winners have been announced by Fort Hays State University\u2019s Center for Student Involvement for the recent Homecoming events. The Homecoming king and… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41406,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41405\/revisions\/41406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe overall winner was the University Activities Board.
\nAlpha Kappa Psi, the professional business fraternity, had the most-liked photo in the social media challenge.
\nThe Graduate Association of Students in Psychology was recognized for donating to the canned food drive.
\nThe Criminal Justice Club earned honors for nominating the Homecoming king.
\nMore information can be found on the official Homecoming website at https:\/\/fhsu.edu\/homecoming\/index<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"