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The Religion Ambassadors have organized several community-building events for Religion majors and minors this fall. To welcome students back for the new school year, they hosted a taco party picnic in September. In October, they arranged a pumpkin painting party.

Five students have been selected to serve as Religion Ambassadors for the Department of Religion throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. Congratulations to Meagan McColloch, Ailey Gustafson, Ian Roberts, Sammy Gary, and Mary Margaret Woods.

Chera Jo Watts, doctoral candidate in the Religion Department and the Institute for African American Studies, has been selected by the Franklin College Scholarship Committee to receive a Jane Mulkey and Rufus Green Graduate Fellowship in Arts and Humanities.

Dr Jodie Lyon, Principal Lecturer in the Department of Religion, has been chosen to join UGA's 2024-2025 Fellows for Transformative Teaching cohort.

Carolyn Medine was honored with this year's Women's Studies Faculty Award from the Institute for Women's Studies at the University of Georgia.