Let's set the stage...

The "studio" aglow with bright lights and wide smiles...
nervous anticipation and collective snarls toward the competition...
large inflatables volleyed from stage crew to cheering audience members.
The music plays, the crowd applauds, the announcer takes a deep breath and shouts...

Are you ready for...
Grinnell College Family Feud: Customer Service Style?!?



Feuding family members included:
Office of Admission: Nettie Vaverka, Sara White, Nicole Barron, Misty Huacuja and Sue Barnes vs.
Information Technology Services: Bill Francis, Sue Bunn, Wayne Twitchell, Mike Pifer, Brent Jaeger

and

Student Affairs: Suzette Gum, Don Weston, Joyce Hauser, Brenda Strong and Travis Wilson vs.
Student Financial Aid: Arnold Woods, Gretchen Zimmermann, Pam Sittig, Revae Nelson and Lynda Hendrickson

Photo at left: Let the games begin!

The Family Feud games were held at the Harris Center on Wednesday, February 5, 2003. John Kalkbrenner, Vice President of College Services, hosted the event (and warmed up the crowd).

Photo at right: The Feud is On! ITS and the Office of Admission face off.

A series of questions related either to customer service practices or to Grinnell College as an institution were presented to contestants.

Photo at left: "What could the answer be?" Members of the ITS family consider the final answer in the category.

The winner of the first game was the Office of Admission.

Photo at right: Financial Aid versus Student Affairs.

Host John Kalkbrenner puts the contestants at ease. The pressure of departmental competition! Thankfully it's all in the name of fun!

Photo at left: Do we want to play or do we want to pass?

Families could play a question or (just to be ornery) pass the play on to the other team.

Photo at right: And the "survey" saaaayyysss....!

Student Affairs advanced to the final "lightning" round in game two. The two winning families earned prizes from the Office of Human Resources - the winning teams earned a departmental pizza party from the Office of Human Resources and the other participants received Grinnell College umbrellas as a parting gift.

Photo at left: Judges Kristin Lovig, Mark Watts and Tami Hrasky

Congratulations to all of the contestants. Special thanks to Host John Kalbrenner, coordinators Jana Johnson and Stacy Koehler and judges Tami Hrasky, Mark Watts and Kristin Lovig. Mark Watts did a noteworthy job replicating the Family Feud multimedia effects.