UK celebrates 26 years of Halloween in the Halls

Photo by Lisa Lockman.
Photo by Lisa Lockman.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 24, 2023) — Halloween in the Halls is making its 26th annual appearance at the University of Kentucky. Residence hall lobbies will open their doors to children and grandchildren of UK faculty, staff and students for trick-or-treating this Halloween season. Festivities will take place from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, rain or shine! The event is open to kids 12 and under with adult supervision. Costumes are encouraged!

Trick-or-treating will take place on North and Central/South Campus dorms. The residence halls participating include Boyd and Holmes Hall on North Campus and the University Flats, Smith, Haggin, Donovan, Lewis, Ball, Chellgren, Pigman and Woodland Glen 4 on Central and South campus. Trick-or-treaters can look for welcome signs on the front doors of participating dorms.

For visiting Central and South Campus halls, employees with a valid “E” parking pass are encouraged to park in the Sports Center lot behind Ingels Hall. For visiting North Campus halls, employees with a valid “E” parking pass are encouraged to park in the lot behind Memorial Coliseum. For additional parking options, please check the UK Transportation Services website.

www.uky.edu/transportation/park/employee-permits

www.uky.edu/transportation/park/visitors

For more event information, please contact Lisa Lockman from the Office of Residence Life at lisa.lockman@uky.edu.

As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.   

In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.