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Congratulations to our Fat Squirrel Week winner: BAJA BLAST!!!

Maybe it’s Baja Blast’s beanbag build, or maybe Mr. Blast was just built to win, but after three rounds of voting and some pretty big competition, one thing is clear – you the people have chosen our champion!

Thanks for participating in Fat Squirrel Week 2026, and if you missed this year’s fun, here’s how you can still participate:
🐿️ If you’re a CSU student, continue sending us fat squirrel photos throughout the year – you might see your squirrel in a future bracket!
🐿️ If you voted in this year’s bracket, make sure you get your I voted sticker – head to MSNR 137 if you’re on campus or message us if you’re not.
🐿️ Mark your calendars for Fat Squirrel Week 2027, coming to you during the second week of Squirrel Awareness Month (aka October).
🐿️ Don’t feed the squirrels! A healthy squirrel is a squirrel that can feed itself.

✨ Congratulations ✨ to Michelle Ring for photographing such a beautiful squirrel specimen, and to Sofia Martin for capturing our runner-up, Vacuum, who has also created a very big squirrel-shaped space in our hearts 🤎🤎🤎 2026 Fat Squirrel Week winner Baja Blast, a round fox squirrel holding food and wearing a pixelated crown.

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Grab the popcorn, our show is on 🍿🐿️✨

Who will take the Fat Squirrel Week crown – Baja Blast or Vacuum?

Tune into the CSU Warner College Instagram Stories tomorrow to cast your vote in our final match-up!

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We’re squirrel-maxxing over here, so to say we love squirrels is an understatement 🐿️✨

After two rounds of voting, the results are in! Baja Blast and Vacuum will be headed to our final round of voting which takes place in the CSU Warner College Instagram Stories on Monday, Oct. 12 🗳️ Someone asks "More than them?" above a huge pile of squirrels and chipmunks, and the reply is "Know your limits."

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When Fat Squirrel Week makes you so hungry you have to make a cake to commemorate one of your favorite chunky squirrels 🐿️🧁

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Which CSU fat squirrel are you???

Pause to find out and get a peek at our Round 1 winners who have battled it out to advance to the next round of voting 🐿️

After a nail-biting Round 1 that included the closest competition we’ve ever seen with our Ground Squirrel face-off, Round 2 of voting is now live in the CSU Warner College Stories!

Head to our Stories and cast your vote for your favorite fat squirrels in the poll box on each match-up 🗳️

After voting, claim your "I voted" sticker from MSNR 137 if you haven't already done so (only one sticker per person)!

✨Disclaimer✨ Any squirrel that is caught being fed or touched by humans will be eliminated from our bracket! This activity is highly detrimental to squirrel livelihood and harmful to human health, and is not supported by the official Fat Squirrel Week Committee™️, The Squirrels of CSU, or Warner College.

Artwork inspired by the talented @roaming.pines 💛

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It’s time to meet our 2026 Fat Squirrel lineup!

And for the first time in Fat Squirrel Week history, we have two Ground Squirrel contenders. Not to be confused with chipmunks, these extra round ground dwellers are ready to shake things up – literally.

🥜 Plumpkin | Coming at you at approximately 0.3 mph. The ground shakes anyway.

🥜 Vacuum | 99% fluff, 1% self-control. Has been preparing for Fat Squirrel Week since birth.

🥜 Lil Nas X | There’s actually nothing “lil” about this guy. Don’t ask questions.

🥜 Stripes McGee | Golden-mantled ground squirrel who will dismantle snacks in approximately 2 seconds.

🥜 Honey Nut Cheerio | No neck. No regrets. Currently eating acorns and accepting compliments.

🥜 Baja Blast | Built like a beanbag. Has never once considered portion control.

🥜 Sandy Cheeks | Shaped like a baked potato. Would break a tree if she climbed trees (she is a ground squirrel).

🥜 Horchata | Local legend. Hasn’t moved from this branch since Tuesday and sees no reason to.

Don’t forget to: 1. Vote for your favorite in our first round of matchups on our Instagram Stories, and 2. Claim your “I voted” sticker from MSNR 137 🗳️

Thank you to everyone who helped name this year’s squirrels! If your suggested name was selected, give a shoutout in the comments.

✨Disclaimer✨ Any squirrel that is caught being fed or touched by humans will be eliminated from our bracket! This activity is highly detrimental to squirrel livelihood and harmful to human health, and is not supported by the official Fat Squirrel Week Committee™️, The Squirrels of CSU, or Warner College. Pixel-art graphic featuring eight squirrels with trees, clouds, a pumpkin, flower and acorns.

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Fat Squirrel Week has officially taken over 🐿️✨

Stay tuned. Things are about to get chunky.

And if you can’t do your homework this week due to Fat Squirrel Week, we understand completely (but fyi your professors might not) Graphic featuring eight squirrels with the text, “You need to focus on your school work. My priority this week: Fat Squirrel Week.”

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Fat Squirrel Week is officially here, and it’s time to meet our 8 fattest contestants hailing from CSU Main Campus and CSU Mountain Campus

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There’s just one final thing we need your help with – these well-fed squirrels need some names 👀 head to our Stories and drop some squirrel-inspired names ASAP!

Here’s the very official Fat Squirrel Week guide ⬇️

You’ll vote for your favorite Fat Squirrels on Warner’s Instagram Stories throughout the week:
🐿️ Naming the squirrels - today, October 6
🐿️ Round 1 of voting - Wednesday, October 7
🐿️ Round 2 of voting - Thursday, October 8
🐿️ Final round of voting - Monday, October 12
🐿️ Our winner will be announced - Tuesday, October 13

After voting in our bracket, stop by the WCNR Student Success Center (MSNR 137) front desk to claim your “I voted” sticker.

✨Disclaimer✨ Any squirrel that is caught being fed or touched by humans will be eliminated from our bracket! This activity is highly detrimental to squirrel livelihood and harmful to human health, and is not supported by the official Fat Squirrel Week Committee™️, The Squirrels of CSU, or Warner College. Fat Squirrel Week 2026 bracket featuring eight competing squirrels in a pixel-art forest theme.

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Something big, chunky, and extra large is coming this Fall...

IT'S FAT SQUIRREL WEEK!!!

🐿️ 🎃 🍁 🌰 🍂 🐿️ 🎃 🍁 🌰 🍂 🐿️ 🎃 🍁 🌰 🍂 🐿️

Tomorrow, Oct. 6 through Tuesday, Oct. 13, you'll get to meet our 8 Fat Squirrel contestants, vote for your favorites in three rounds of voting on the WCNR Instagram Stories, and then together, through the power of Democracy, we will crown the Fattest Squirrel of 2026 👑

✨Disclaimer✨ Any squirrel that is caught being fed or touched by humans will be eliminated from our bracket! This activity is highly detrimental to squirrel livelihood and harmful to human health, and is not supported by the official Fat Squirrel Week Committee™️, The Squirrels of CSU, or Warner College.

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UCA bun today. Let's call this one Freddie

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