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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope that you are having an amazing second week of classes!
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have the schedule for Preview Days from Admissions, and I wanted to give an opportunity for any of you who would like to take a day. If not, I will cover them as part of my learning the department, university, and our relationship with
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">The preview days are September 25, October 23, November 6, November 20.
</span><span style="color:black">Each Department will be set up by 11:30 <span style="background:white">
in the Pete Hanna Center (basketball arena) from 12-1pm for all preview dates. If you would like one of those days, please let me know immediately, as we need to get them the representatives’ names no later than September 17th. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Robert J.F. Elsner, Ph.D., D.Min.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Professor and Chair of Psychology</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:relsner@samford.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">relsner@samford.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">205.726.4905 (Office)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">201 Ingalls Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Samford University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=800+Lakeshore+Drive,+Birmingham,+AL+35229,+US" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">800 Lakeshore Drive<br>
Birmingham, AL 35229</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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