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 9/4/08 | 9687 | XL Catherine Neal, senior intercultural studies major, welcomes new students and their families to Union at the front entrance. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9688 | XL Faculty, staff and students wait outside the McAfee commons to help move Union's newest students in despite the drizzly rain. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9689 | XL Danger tape was used to block access to the newly laid sod on the day that new students moved into Union. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9690 | XL Hannah Holiday, senior history major, helps unload new freshman, Tiffany Knight's, car during move in day. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9691 | XL Larry Vaughan, assistant director of church relations (center); and Jerry Tidwell, senior VP for church relations (right); carefully shelter Joe Caldwell's (left) student's television from the rain, while still maintaining conversation, on new student move-in day. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9692 | XL Ed Huthman, grandfather of Emily Huthman, patiently figures out his granddaughter's bicycle lock during move-in day for new students. Huthman says he has moved several children and grandchildren into college, but “this is the first time people have been standing around to help.” - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9693 | XL Katy Pope, junior art major, carries a comforter through the rain on the day that Union's newest students moved into the residence life complex. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9694 | XL Kristin Dutt, junior business administration major, carries a box up the stairs of Ayers 3 on the day that Union's newest students moved into the new residence life complex. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9696 | XL Faculty, staff, and upperclassmen helped new Union students move into the brand new residence life complex despite cold rain and muddy sidewalks. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9697 | XL Margaret Brenson and Jay Landham carry things into the dorm rooms during move-in day for new students. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9699 | XL Dustin Mayfield, senior biology major, helps direct traffic during move-in day for new students. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9773 | XL Faculty, staff, current students and returning students gather in McAfee commons waiting to help the new students. - Angela Abbamonte |
 9/4/08 | 9810 | XL Valeria Trautman, the director of donor relations, and the father of Emily Anthony work on moving Emily's things into her dorm room. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/4/08 | 9811 | XL The Heritage parking lot is bustling with Unionites helping the Freshmen move in. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/4/08 | 9813 | XL George Guthrie, Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible, and his daughter Amy help freshmen transport their things from the parking lot to their dorm rooms. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/4/08 | 9816 | XL Elaura Highfield, freshman from Columbia, Tenn., and her cousin Colleen Coble of Hampshire, Tenn., unpack her things into her room in the Heritage residence complex. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/4/08 | 9817 | XL Cassidy O'Hare of Lubbox, Tex. shows off her newly organized closet during Freshman Move-In Day. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/4/08 | 9818 | XL Ellen Key, Tiffany Fredericks, Scott McSwain and Lydia Bond help freshmen move into the new residence complex. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/4/08 | 9823 | XL Nursing faculty members Tracy Saddler, Jill Webb and Sandra Brown help freshmen move into the new residence complex. - Jordan Buie |
 9/4/08 | 9824 | XL Local news stations came to cover Union's move-in day and watch as families walked with both arms full to the new residence complex. - Jordan Buie |
 9/4/08 | 9825 | XL On move-in day freshmen where forced to carry their things to their new rooms in the pouring rain. - Jordan Buie |
 9/4/08 | 9832 | XL Freshman Andy Schreiber hangs a welcoming gift on her new roommate's door. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9833 | XL Freshman Andy Schreiber and her mother from Murfreesboro, Tenn. adjust her bed to stuff to hide more belongings underneath. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9834 | XL Taking care of business: Senior Danny Song exchanges phone numbers with freshman Jackson Nichols to ensure that he has a mattress to sleep on that night. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9835 | XL Several Union students cram into the commons on Thursday to seek shelter from the rain while waiting to help with Freshman move-in. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9836 | XL Lily Zopfi stands ready to direct freshman traffic as Haley Gallagher, Mallory Carter, Kari Beougher and Tiffany Fredericks dawn the hoods of their rain jackets - a gift for Focus leaders that turned out to be very useful while helping with freshman move-in. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9837 | XL Nursing faculty members Tracy Saddler and Rosemary McLaughlin stuck through the rain and mud to help frehsmen and transfer students move into their new homes. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9838 | XL Though the rain beat harder, students and faculty were still persistent to unload trucks full of dorm furnishings. Here Nursing faculty member Sandra Brown helps bring in groceries. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9839 | XL Through the rain and mud, volunteers are still joyful and able to help speed the process of Freshman move-in. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9840 | XL Freshman Sydnee Hammond from Germantown, Tenn. gives her younger siblings a task as she tries to organize her room. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9841 | XL A steady stream of volunteers helped new students move their belongings into the new residence life complex. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9842 | XL Union staffers Stephanie Kesner, Belinda Moss and Kartina Bradfield laugh as they try to put their muddy shoes on during Freshmen move-in day. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9843 | XL Volunteers form an assembly line to quickly unload freshman belongings. Here Jerry Tidwell, senior VP for church relations, helps unload an SUV. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9844 | XL Stephanie Kesner and Larry Vaughan form an assembly line to quickly unload freshman belongings. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9846 | XL Assistant Dean of Students Bryan Carrier gives light to a few ladies during freshman move-in day. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9847 | XL Freshman Brittany Johnson, overwhelmed with the number of students welcoming her to Union, continues to personalize her room as her mother sets up her curtains. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9848 | XL Cramped balconies and tight spaces were quite the norm as parents, students and faculty raced to move freshmen belongings from rainy conditions to the new dorms. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9849 | XL Senior Kieler Henry carries a load of clothes to a girl's dorm during Freshmen move-in day. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9850 | XL Focus leader Lily Zopfi enjoys her task of directing traffic during Freshman move-in day. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9851 | XL Senior Dustin Mayfield shows the new freshmen where to park during freshmen move-in day. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9852 | XL Freshman Josh Jellema and his parents from Fort Smith, S.C. put the finishing touches to his new home in the Heritage complex. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9853 | XL Sophomore Nursing major Ashley Burdenette helps unload a trunk full of freshmen belongings. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9854 | XL Richard Wells, dean of the chapel, and Erica Tuns, MIR, help unload a freshman car. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9855 | XL Richard Wells, dean of the chapel, and Junior Peter Boedecker unload a student's belongings during freshmen move-in day. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9856 | XL Director of Wellness Services Matt Brunet hoists a mini fridge up the stairs to a new student's room in the Heritage complex during move-in day. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9858 | XL Senior Kieler Henry carries boxes of freshmen belongings during move-in day. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9912 | XL Poplar Heights Baptist Church provided some giveaways during the freshman move-in day. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9913 | XL Volunteers made moving in a quick task during freshman move-in day. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9914 | XL Returning students were happy to be reunited. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9915 | XL New students and their families enjoyed a picnic meal in the hallway of the student union building after an active day of moving. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9916 | XL New students enjoyed a picnic meal in the cafeteria after a long day of moving. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9917 | XL Senior Focus leader Matt Elia welcomes new students in the Lex after a long day of moving. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9700 | XL Freshman Caroline Rickard plays the name dance game with her Focus group. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9701 | XL Elaura Highfield, Courtney Burton, and Kara Dukes participate in a game during their first meeting with their Focus group. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9702 | XL Kara Dukes plays a game with other new students during a meeting with her Focus group. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9703 | XL New students meet with their Focus group leaders to go over the schedule for Focus week. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9704 | XL Elaura Highfield, Courtney Burton, Jeff Maharrey, and Zach Karshenas talk and laugh in their first Focus group meeting. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9705 | XL Elaura Highfield tells Courtney Burton a story during their first meeting with their Focus group. Focus groups are formed to help new students get to know each other and tell them how things work at Union. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9706 | XL Katy Pope, junior art major, tells her Focus group a story from her childhood during their first meeting as a Focus group. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/4/08 | 9859 | XL President Dockery welcomes new students and their families to Union in an afternoon session in the chapel. - Jordan Buie |
 9/4/08 | 9775 | XL President Dockery welcomes new students and their families to Union University. - Angela Abbamonte |
 9/4/08 | 9918 | XL President Dockery leads the new students and their families in a responsive reading during the evening worship service. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9776 | XL Stephanie Sowell of Nashville, Tenn. joins the Union community in prayer as a new student. - Angela Abbamonte |
 9/4/08 | 9868 | XL New students and their families offer up praise during the evening worship service. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9864 | XL Greg Thornbury, dean of the School of Christian Studies, speaks about Michael Phelps and his mother during the New Student Orientation worship service. - Jordan Buie |
 9/4/08 | 9865 | XL Greg Thornbury, dean of the School of Christian Studies, speaks to new students and their families during the New Student Orientation evening worship service. - Jordan Buie |
 9/4/08 | 9869 | XL Greg Thornbury, dean of the School of Christian Studies, speaks about Michael Phelps and his mother during the New Student Orientation worship service. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9867 | XL President Dockery leads a prayer for the incoming class as families and the Union community surround them during the Focus evening worship service. - Jordan Buie |
 9/4/08 | 9866 | XL President Dockery assembles the Union community and the families of the new students into a circle as they pray for their new beginnings at Union. - Jordan Buie |
 9/4/08 | 9872 | XL Parents circle around their students to pray over them before leaving them in the care of the Union family. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9874 | XL Parents and the Union community circle the chapel in prayer for the new freshmen and transfers. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9875 | XL Parents and the Union community circle the chapel in prayer for the new freshmen and transfers. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9919 | XL Parents and the Union community circle the chapel in prayer for the new freshmen and transfers. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9921 | XL Parents and the Union community circle the chapel in prayer for the new freshmen and transfers. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9922 | XL Parents and the Union community circle the chapel in prayer for the new freshmen and transfers. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9877 | XL New Union students are lead in a prayer by President Dockery during the Focus evening worship service. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9923 | XL Parents pray with their student as they say goodbye after the Focus evening worship service. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/4/08 | 9879 | XL Amanda Ellis from Arlington, Tenn. hugs her dad as she says goodbye after the Focus evening worship service. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9887 | XL The Schriebers embrace their daughters before heading back home to Murfreesboro, Tenn. after the Focus evening worship service. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9886 | XL Eric Former acts upon President Dockery's advice and gives his son Jordan some extra spending money before heading home to Elkhart, Ind. after the Focus evening worship service. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9896 | XL Eric D'Olivo of Macomb, Mich. makes some new friends before the Focus show on Thursday night. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9895 | XL Landon Preston (center) and Lee & Beth Wilson make cotton candy for the new students before the Focus show. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9894 | XL Cotton candy all around before the Focus show. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9897 | XL Aelin Lee, Corrin Akers, and Jed Dugger fellowship before the Focus show on Thursday night. - Beth Spain |
 9/4/08 | 9898 | XL Rebecca Eaton, sophomore math major, gets pumped for the Focus show. - Angela Abbamonte |
 9/4/08 | 9888 | XL At the intro of the Focus Show, the Focus Leaders sing about what they would've done if they hadn't come to Union. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/4/08 | 9890 | XL Matt Elia and Lili Zopfi perform in the Focus show. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/4/08 | 9899 | XL Sophomore Micah Roeder performs in the Focus show. - Angela Abbamonte |
 9/4/08 | 9892 | XL Focus leaders perform a routine to the song Butterfly Kisses during the Focus show. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/4/08 | 9893 | XL Focus leaders perform a routine to the song Butterfly Kisses during the Focus show. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/5/08 | 9745 | XL Chase Tuggle, theology major, excitedly rushes into the dinner with your department event eating a pre-meal snack. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/5/08 | 9746 | XL Kathleen Murray, photography instructor, talks with new art students at the dinner with your department event during new student orientation. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/5/08 | 9747 | XL Stephen Carls, chair of the department of history, talks with Julianne Little and Megan Winters at the dinner with your department event during new student orientation. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/5/08 | 9748 | XL Hal Poe, Christian studies professor, talks with Liana Saffel at the dinner with your department event during new student orientation. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/5/08 | 9749 | XL Freshmen Amanda Chambers, Caitie Cunic and Alyssa Clark talk to Mr. Jonathan Gillette, assistant professor of art, at the dinner with your department event during new student orientation. - Kristi McMurry |
 9/5/08 | 9924 | XL The Class of 2012 poses for a group shot in the Fred DeLay Gymnasium. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/5/08 | 9925 | XL The Class of 2012 poses for a group shot in the Fred DeLay Gymnasium. - Morris Abernathy |
 9/5/08 | 9907 | XL Scott McSwain's FOCUS group pulls apart a frozen t-shirt during a team building exercise. - Angela Abbamonte |
 9/5/08 | 9908 | XL Scott McSwain's FOCUS group pulls apart a frozen t-shirt during a team building exercise. - Angela Abbamonte |
 9/5/08 | 9909 | XL Ellen Kay's FOCUS group tries to untangle themselves from a human knot during a team building exercise. - Angela Abbamonte |
 9/5/08 | 9910 | XL Katherine Lamar's FOCUS group tries to untangle themselves from a human knot during a team building exercise. - Angela Abbamonte |
 9/5/08 | 10079 | XL President Dockery poses with Focus group leaders during the ice cream social. - Beth Spain |
 9/5/08 | 10080 | XL Gary Williams, Carla Sanderson and Barbara McMillin have some fun while serving ice cream to the Freshman class during Focus. - Beth Spain |
 9/5/08 | 10085 | XL Junior Jonathan Lambach works the crowd as he hosts the SAC Game Show during Focus. - Sarah Palmer |
 9/5/08 | 10086 | XL Sophomore Bonnie Smith reacts to a contestant's response at the SAC Game Show during Focus. - Sarah Palmer |
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