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This has been an exciting year for the Religious Studies
Student Association. After a successful Get on Board Day that
boasted great crowds, beach balls, and clever sandwich boards
(and that was just at the Religious Studies table!), we made
plans for a cookout for REL students, faculty, staff, and
friends. Nearly a hundred people turned out for food, lawn
games, and the chance to meet other people in the department.
Many thanks are due to Dr. Trost, Betty Dickey, Donna Martin
for all their help and support. Off the heels of those events,
the RSSA has enjoyed record numbers at dinners out twice a
month, and our membership on Facebook has doubled since the
summer.
This semester, the officers (John Lyles, Chris Scott, and
Madison Langston) have a few new ideas in the works. The term
begins with a game night, but we also have plans to pair some
of our dinners with other events-gymnastics meets and bowling,
just to name a couple.
We are also working on plans for a RSSA trip to the International
Museum of Muslim Cultures in Jackson, Mississippi. If all
goes well, we hope to make a trip at least once a year to
other sites of interest to our majors and minors.
Stay up to date through the RSSA Facebook page, where events
are announced and where everyone can post ideas for the future
and see pictures of what the RSSA has been up to. We are eager
to get as much feedback as possible from our majors/minors
about what they want to see happening in the RSSA. After all,
it is our department's student association. To that end, our
vice president Chris Scott has posted a link on Facebook to
a short survey about ideas for the group. Take the survey
and make your voices heard! It's a great time to get involved
with the RSSA!
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