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Welcome Back, Fall 2005

For the fifth year in a row, the Department sponsored a "Welcome Back" event--this time pizza and pop, with a few t-shirts, mugs, and even Department pencils thrown into the mix. Thanks, as usual, to the main office staff for arranging this, and to Betty Dickey, our resident photo journalist, for documenting the event.


REL/Philosophy double major and senior, Matt Satcher (right, wearing the excessivley weighted-down yet stylish nap-sack), caught on the horns of a dilemma concerning his choice of toppings.



Profs. Rob Stephens and Steve Jacobs, outside the Department student/faculty lounge, speaking with one of our REL 105 students.


Profs. McCutcheon and Jacobs (pictured right) hugging the wall to stay clear of the feeding frenzie. The Guinness Book of Records people decided that we were near, but not over, the world record for "pizza ordered for a student event."


Although he's completed his REL courses, Mike Winder--REL major and soon-to-be-REL graduate--stopped by to say hello to, among others, Prof. Murphy (pictured left, doing his part of help us minimize our leftovers).



Dr. Stephens's REL 105 class was well represented, as were our various Department items, such as our mugs and t-shirts--we replentished our stock of both over the summer.


Baptism by pizza! Our two new faculty members, Maha Marouan and Rob Stephens learn how to welcome back students Bama style--and how to deplete the leftovers. Background is Melanie Williams, one of the Department's new student workers, who assists with two sections of REL 100.


This year we have three new students working in the main office, two of whom are picture above with Samantha Sastre (seated center) who returns to the main office as a student worker: Jennifer Goodman (far left) and Sarah Luken (seated left), here speaking with Religious Studies student, Stephanie Brennan.