To celebrate the ghoulish Halloween season, some departments at the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ are hosting various community events leading up to Oct. 31.<\/p>\n
For outdoor lovers, the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Arboretum on Friday will host its second-annual Spooktacular. The overnight event will feature a Trail of Horror throughout the Arboretum\u2019s nature paths and boardwalk, an outdoor screening of the movie Sinister<\/em>, photo booth, ghost stories by the fire, camping and other activities.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a chance for students and the community to engage with the Arboretum in a fun and social setting,\u201d said Jacques Werleigh, program assistant at the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Arboretum that\u2019s known for its nature trails and community garden. \u201cYou just have to have fun \u2013 no volunteering or research is necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n About 100 people are expected to attend Spooktacular, Werleigh said. Costumes are encouraged, and those who plan on staying overnight should bring camping supplies and food. Festivities will begin at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, students, faculty and staff also can get in the Halloween spirit by attending one of numerous themed, group-exercise classes and events at the Recreation and Wellness Center. Here\u2019s what\u2019s coming:<\/p>\n To top off the holiday, those on campus at 10 a.m. on Halloween can witness a longstanding university tradition: About 120 Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Creative School students up to 5 years old will trick-or-treat through Millican Hall and the Housing and Residence Life offices. The annual event has been held since at least 1998, said Creative School associate director Kim Campese.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Millican Hall and Housing staff thoroughly enjoy dressing up and seeing the littlest Knights in their costumes,\u201d Campese said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To celebrate the ghoulish Halloween season, some departments at the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ are hosting various community events leading up to Oct. 31. For outdoor lovers, the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Arboretum on Friday will host its second-annual Spooktacular. The overnight event will feature a Trail of Horror throughout the Arboretum\u2019s nature paths and boardwalk, an outdoor screening of the movie Sinister,…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":74646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6,27],"tags":[1107,2083,15853,5791,3909],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-74645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","category-student-life","tag-creative-school-for-children","tag-halloween","tag-jacques-werleigh","tag-kim-campese","tag-recreation-wellness-center"],"yoast_head":"\n