There's No Place Like Homecoming

from Daytona State College Magazine, Fall/Winter 2019

DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE MAGAZINE

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOMECOMING

Daytona State's 2019 three-day Homecoming extravaganza kicked off Thursday, October 10 with Daytona State College’s School of Photography Alumni Reunion in Photography Hall and the Mr. & Ms. DSC Pageant in the L. Gale Lemerand Student Center.

Friday’s activities began with the Alumni Awards in the Conference Center. And, in the Hosseini Center’s Madorsky Theater, LaTonya Polk, Manager, DSC Career Services, presented a LinkedIn 101 workshop that was informative and helpful to students and alumni alike.

**LinkedIn 101 workshop presented by LaTonya Polk, Manager, DSC Career Services**
Photo by Aldrin Capulong

Friday also featured the Falcon Challenge Ping-Pong Tournament in the Gaming Lounge located in the Lemerand Student Center, and concluded with Movie & S’mores with an outdoor movie presentation, free pizza and fire pits.

**Volleyball players toasting marshmallows with DSC President, Dr. Thomas LoBasso**
Photo by Aldrin Capulong

Mr. & Ms. Daytona State 2019 Crowned

Ultimately, JJ Finn was crowned Mr. DSC 2019 and Jasmine Robinson was crowned Ms. DSC 2019. JJ is in his freshman year working toward an AA degree and also is a right-handed pitcher for the DSC Falcons baseball team.

A member of the DSC Concert Choir, Jasmine is a junior planning on a career in education.

**Dan Biferie with Photography Alumni Award recipient Lisa Vogl**
Photo by Aldrin Capulong

Homecoming 2019 culminates with full day of activities

**4th Annual 5K Family Fun Walk/Run**
Photo by Aldrin Capulong

Homecoming 2019 culminated with a full-day of activities on Saturday, October 12 beginning with the 4th Annual 5K Family Fun Walk/Run benefiting student scholarships followed by the Car & Truck Show. The President’s Choice went to Renee Hanson, DSC Alum ‘00, and her 1964 Plymouth, Barracuda. New this year, was the Arts & Crafts Fair held in conjunction with the Car & Truck show.

**President's Choice - 1964 Plymouth Barracuda**
Photo by Jonny Nomad Media

**Record attendance at Annual Car & Truck Show**
Photo by Aldrin Capulong

Eighteen guests learned techniques from Chef Costa at the Culinary Boot Camp in the kitchen labs of the Hosseini Center. Alumni softball and baseball players took to the fields, and the Tailgate Party & Cookout near the DSC Soccer Stadium featured free barbecue, a bounce house, rock climbing wall, corn hole tournament and other family-fun activities.

**Chef Costa Magoulas leads Culinary Boot Camp**
Photo by Aldrin Capulong

Graduates from the Paralegal Studies program participated in a reunion and the DSC School of Emergency Services hosted a Pumper Pull as teams competed to pull a fire truck in the fastest time.

**Pumper Pull**
Photo by Aldrin Capulong

The Freddie T. Falcon Invitational Mascot Match-Up pitted local mascots in a corn hole tournament followed by the men’s and women’s soccer conference games.