The campus holiday season will kick off Oct. 30 with a pair of Halloween events that are open to children of faculty, staff and students, as well as children from neighborhoods surrounding the University.
From 2-4 p.m., the Campus Y and the Congress of the South 40 will sponsor Safe Trick or Treat. An expected 300 children, led by approximately 50 volunteers, will tour the dorms in small groups.
“Students decorate and give out candy,” said Mary Schindler, adviser to the Congress of the South 40. “It has been very successful in the past.”
From 5:30-7 p.m., the School of Architecture’s Bauhaus Festival, sponsored by the Architecture Student Council, will feature a variety of activities for children, including face painting, trick-or-treating and pumpkin painting and carving (pumpkins are provided).
The event will take place in a tent located on the south parking lot next to Givens Hall.
Junior Anisa Baldwin Metzger, president of the Architecture Student Council, said, “We are really hoping that these activities will help rekindle a sense of community between the School of Architecture and our neighbors.”
For more information about Safe Trick or Treat, e-mail jchou@wustl.edu.
For more information about the Bauhaus Festival, e-mail asc@architecture.wusl.edu or call Metzger at 935-8307.