On Friday, Oct. 25, Waynesburg University’s  Department of Chemistry and Forensic Science will be hosting their annual haunted lab from 6-8:30 p.m. on the fifth floor of Stewart Science Hall. This event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Evonne Bauldauff, who is chairperson for the Chemistry and Forensic Science and Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics Departments, professor of Chemistry and assistant provost for Faculty Excellence, Curriculum Development and Online Learning,elaborated on what the haunted lab would bring, as well as the reception to it.

 “I was at a conference and learned about what other student run organizations were doing and it seemed to work really well, so we started at a small scale and worked our way up to where we are now,” Baldauff said.

 Senior Pre-Med Biology/Biochemistry major and Biology Club vice president Kiana Bagnall touched on the help she was receiving for the event.

“Right now we don’t have a complete list of everyone coming to help, but we’re hoping to have 25-30 people helping with the experiments,” Bagnall said. 

The Haunted lab is something that Waynesburg University has put on for several years now, although the experiments differing a bit this year. “We have a lot of experiments that we do each year, and the haunted lab overlaps with national chemistry week, so we are going to try and do things related to picture perfect chemistry,” Baldauff said. 

As noted earlier, this event is free and open to the public so anyone and everyone can attend this event and get involved with all the experiments and tests that are happening, which Bagnell is hoping to use as a way to spread the passion for their field.

“The main goal I’m hoping is that people get out of this is learning to love chemistry, “ Bagnell said. “We are doing very easy and fun little experiments to introduce kids into the field of chemistry, biology, and forensics.”

“I enjoy having new Waynesburg University Students participate in this event,” Baldauff said. “I think it’s great when our students get involved and really share their love of science with others on campus and around the community.”