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University Staff Assembly’s Halloween Contest 2025
Our Halloween Contest Committee had a spooktacular time touring campus and seeing everyone’s creative, creepy, and hilarious costumes. Thank you to all who joined the fun and filled campus with spirit!
🏆 Below you’ll find this year’s winners — from frightfully clever group costumes to ghoulishly good décor. Congratulations to everyone who participated and helped make this year’s contest a real scream!
Categories:
- Combined Office Décor and Costume - Large & Small Office categories
- Skit / Interactive Experience
- Office Group Costume
- Individual Costume
- Office Décor - Large & Small Office categories
Scroll down to see who rose from the grave victorious — and who earned eternal bragging rights (until next year, of course)! 🕸️
Visit our Flick page for this year's photos (and previous year albums)
Winner: Best of Show
UEI- Sponsored Programs Administration - SPA Schwarz
Winner: Combined Office Décor and Costume - Large Office
CCE- Sea See Equinox
Honorable Mention: Combined Office Décor & Costume - Large Office
Provost Office- Haunted Island of Higher Learning
Winner: Combined Office Décor and Costume - Small Office
Facilities- Enchanted Forest
Winner: Office Costume - Small Office
Office of Water Programs- Alice in Wonderland
Winner: Office Décor - Large Office
Office of the University Registrar- Monster’s Inc.
Winner: Office Décor - Small Office
Project Rebound- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Winner: Interactive Experience
Financial Aid- Sacramento Monopoly
Winner: Skit
EOP- Monster’s Inc. Headquarters
Winner: Individual Costume
Hannah Benedychuk- March Hare (Office of Water Programs)
See you next year!
The 2025 USA Halloween Contest Judging Committee would love to thank all contest participants. Our staff did a great job showcasing their creative talents! We had a great time full of laughs, childhood memories, and even a few screams!
2024 USA Halloween Committee
Ryanne Green, Co-Chair
Amy Macias-Stowe, Co-Chair
May Xiong
Shannon Ainger
Valerie Kelly Kerl
With assistance from Crystal Velazquez (not pictured)
Previous USA Halloween Contest Results
Expand the sections below to view last years winners and honorary mentions! Check out the level of creativity and fun from our colleagues across campus!
2024 WINNER | UEI Admin., RES, Marketing, Dining Services - "The Place to Bee" (Large Office)
2024 Honorable Mention | Academic Advising & Career Center - "Welcome to Mystery Inc." (Large Office)
2024 WINNER - Tie | Space Management - "Three Little Pigs" (Small Office)
2024 WINNER - Tie | Office of Student Engagement College of Business - "Inside Out" (Small Office)
2024 Honorable Mention | Guardian Scholars Program - "The Pirates of the Haunted Hornet" (Small Office)
2023 WINNER | Communication Studies Department “Haunted Mansion Villains”
2023 Honorable Mention | School of Social Work “Social Work Dungeon”
2024 WINNER | EOP - "Castlevania"
2024 Honorable Mention | UEI - Sponsored Programs Administration - "SPA Puzzling Pumpkin Patch"
2023 WINNER | Educational Opportunity Program (EOP): "Barbie Land"
2023 Honorable Mention | College of Business Dean’s Office: C.O.B. Story
2024 WINNER | University Communications - "Land Before Time" (Small Office)
2024 Honorable Mention | Facilities Management - "Mario Universe"
2023 WINNER | Sponsored Programs Administration – “Milk and Cereal” (Small Office)
2023 Honorable Mention | Facilities Management “Scooby Doo”
2024 WINNER | Michelle Goya McNeill - "Witch Doctor"
2024 Honorable Mention | Lanette Carrasco - "Jigsaw"
2023 WINNER | Jonathon Long “The Mandalorian”
2023 Honorable Mention | Jolie Roberts “Queen Elizabeth the First”
2024 WINNER | Financial Aid & Scholarships - "Inside Out 2 & Escape Room" (Large Office)
2024 Honorable Mention | Office of the University Registrar - "Star Wars" (Large Office)
2024 WINNER | School of Social Work - "School of Social Work Horror Theater" (Small Office)
2024 Honorable Mention | University Events - "Herky's Tattoo Shop" (Small Office)
2023 WINNER | Financial Aid “Spooky Hallow Mall”
2023 Honorable Mention | Center for Teaching and Learning “Fall in Paris”
2023 Population Research Center “Alice in Wonderland”
Judges Route
Our Halloween Contest Committee - the boo-tifully fun bunch - will creep, crawl, and cackle its way across campus Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 on a fang-tastic walkthrough. Follow the route below to catch the judges and join the boos!
The route and schedule is detailed below. Times are approximate.
Boo you soon!
| Office Name | Location | Time (approx.) | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facilities Management | Facilities | 9:00 am | Combined Office Costume Decor |
| Project Rebound | Sac Hall, 161 | 9:15 am | Office Decor |
| Office of the Provost | Sac Hall, 230 | 9:25 am | Combined Office Costume Decor |
| Campus Life Programs | Lassen Hall, 1010 | 9:45 am | Combined Office Costume Decor |
| Registrar | Lassen Hall, 2000 | 10:00 am | Office Decor |
| Financial Aid/Scholarships | Lassen Hall, 2100 & 2103 | 10:15 am | Skit / Interactive Experience |
| Financial Aid/Scholarships | Lassen Hall, 2100 & 2103 | 10:15 am | Combined Office Costume Decor |
| EOP | Lassen Hall, 2205 | 10:40 am | Skit / Interactive Experience |
| EOP | Lassen Hall, 2205 | 10:40 am | Office Decor |
| School of Social Work | Mariposa Hall, 4010 | 11:10 am | Combined Office Costume Decor |
| English | Calaveras Hall, 102 | 11:25 am | Individual Costume |
| UEI - SPA | Bookstore, 3400 | 11:35 am | Combined Office Costume Decor |
| Committee | Lunch Break | 12:00 pm | |
| CCE | Napa Hall, Lobby | 1:10 pm | Combined Office Costume Decor |
| Office of Water Programs | Modoc Hall, 1001 | 1:35 pm | Combined Office Costume Decor |
| Office of Water Programs | Modoc Hall, 1001 | 1:35 pm | Individual Costume |
Culturally Responsive Participation | Hornet Halloween Costume Guide
When choosing to dress up, please commit to wearing a costume that contributes to a welcoming and inclusive campus environment.
Consider the following:
- Does it mock cultural or religion symbols (e.g., dreadlocks, headdresses, afros, bindis, etc.)?
- Does it trivialize human suffering or oppression (portraying a houseless person, or someone living in a prison or jail)?
- Does it lean into stereotypes or attempt to represent an entire culture or ethnicity?
Usure if your costume might be offensive? Consider going in a different direction. And don't be afraid to ask questions. You can call one of the units listed below for guidance on your costume.
- Dean of Students webpage