A jack-o-lantern sits on the Enrollment Services desk in the Administration building. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

Frightening black tree-like decorations with spider webs fill the hallway of the Veterans Resource Center. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

Haunted Forests and Disney Villains is the theme for the Veterans Resource Center. They have signs of wanted posters for Disney characters and spooky spider webs all around the walls. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

The Counselor’s office is decorated as Monsters Inc. with photos of the main characters of the films on the wall, and doors hanging from the ceiling similar to the ones in the movie. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

A jack-o-lantern sits on the Enrollment Services desk in the Administration building. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

Enrollment Services located in the Administration Building decorates their department with the cobwebs and pumpkins. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

The Career Pathway Support Services hangs up witch themed decortions for the department Halloween contest. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

American River Campus Store is doing their Halloween decorations on gnomes, full of white picket fences and flowers. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

The HUB and the CLD are doing a joint Stranger Things theme for decorations this year. The HUB is the alternate dimension the “Upside Down,” while the LCD is 1984 Hawkins, Indiana, where the show takes place. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

The HUB along with the Student Center are doing a combined Stranger Things theme for the school’s department Halloween decoration contest. (Photo by Gabe Carlos)

American River College departments are continuing a 20 year tradition this Halloween by decorating their offices and competing against each other for the holiday.

Kristen Farlow is the Administrative Assistant to Vice President of Student Services at ARC. She is the main communicator for the Halloween decoration department contest this year and she sees it as something fun for the spooky holiday.

“The contest is all good in fun … It is a way to bring staff together and enjoy their time at ARC,” she wrote in an email to the Current.

The participants for this year are the Veterans Resource Center, Counseling, Disability Services & Programs for Students (DSPS), Admissions and Records and the College Store, along with the HUB and the Center for Leadership and Development Center who are doing a combined theme.

The Assessment Center took home the trophy last year but opted not to participate in the competition this year. Farlow said staff will also be allowed to bring children to campus and walk them through the participating departments to trick-or-treat.

According to Farlow, judges will walk around to see the departments and will announce a winner late afternoon on Oct. 31.