Halloween Week saw a typical mix of fun and fright across the Penn College campus – whether dressing up for co-workers; serving up “eerie entrees, scary sides and hauntingly delicious desserts” at Dining Services’ annual “Boofet” in Capitol Eatery; or scaring up a giddily gory time at the American Welding Society chapter’s “Arc Asylum.” (The fun’s just beginning, too. Watch PCToday early in the week for more tricks and treats!)

– Photos by Kollin G. Kisner, student photographer,
and Noelle B. Bloom, assistant dining services director (unless otherwise noted)

I don’t know; he looks harmless enough!

A skeletal staffer demonstrates proper masking while effectively curtailing food waste.

Straight off their Florida lanai and into the Student & Administrative Services Center, “The Golden Girls” inhabit K-12 Outreach on Friday. From left are Tanya Berfield, director; Laura M. Machak, outreach specialist; Barbara J. Stevens, secretary; and Stefanie M. Shipe, coordinator of outreach. (Photo provided)

Smiles on the outside, mischief in the offing

Beware the killer midterms!

Lying down on the job, a crew member nonetheless shows his bona fides.

Wait’ll you sink your fangs into these cookies!

An impressive instructional space by day, a splattered chamber of horrors for one night

A pre-Halloween gathering of the women’s soccer team highlights the distinct personalities – lifeguard and Lorax, hardhat and hula skirts, prisoner and provisions – that coalesce into a singular competitive unit at gametime. (Photo provided)

Brianna R. Walters, dining services worker, serves up something ghoulishly gooey …

… marshmallow treats bearing the likeness of Frankenstein’s monster.

No, no, no. I said ‘TIG welding.”

Dave C. Munro Jr., dining services leader, and Kaeleigh E. Schuler, dining services worker, put the “boo” in “peekaboo.”

“Come into my dining hall,” said the spider to the sweet tooth.

Dominoes fall into line outside the Office of Student Engagement, clearly the “spot” for connecting to a variety of campus life opportunities. From left are Allison Bressler Grove, director; Meghan R. Delsite Coleman, assistant director; Todd Moore, student affairs marketing specialist; Sherry A. McKinney, secretary; Shannon L. Skaluba, student organization specialist; Gayle M. Kielwein, coordinator of student engagement operations; and Jeremy R. Bottorf, coordinator of campus recreation. (Photo provided)

Halloween makes such strange labfellows.

DIsgustingly inviting, and oh-so-hard to turn down

Please don’t mistake this for a Career Fair.

A welcoming gesture to the brave and curious alike

Is that a flame-resistant apron?

Hmmm. Can’t put a finger on what makes this “comfort food” so uncomfortable.

Harley Quinn & Co. await their audience.

So much for “safety in numbers”

When baked goods go bad

This formidable presence, truly more friendly than he looks, is Kyle A. Durrwachter, dining services worker.

Balloons and clowns were once so festive, too.

You can’t say you weren’t warned!