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Watch my quick video welcome! If you have any questions, email me - oconnellm@lasall.edu

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Welcome and quick overview the first week of this NOT NORMAL semester!

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Check out our syllabus - we'll review in detail on Wednesday

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Visit the publisher's page to buy the Religion Matters and Inquisitive - the built in quiz and test package for $39.95. Everything you need - and we'll use - will be automatically loaded into our Canvas site. I'll explain more on Wednesday - or in Classroom Drop-In hours (see next)

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Have questions? Want to meet me and maybe some classmates? Consider stopping in to our optional virtual Classroom Drop-In hour from 3:30 to 4:30. Zoom link on our course Canvas page

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Got a question that can't wait? I'll have a weekly Student Hour via Zoom. Link available on Canvas

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Listen to an On Being podcast with the late Congressman John Lewis called "Love in Action"

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Join our first synchronous class session. Zoom link on our course Canvas page

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Complete a free Character Strengths survey by the VIA Institute and watch a short video on why it's good to know what your character strengths are - whether at the outset of your college career or nearing the finish line.

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Complete an Info Survey on Canvas (worth 10 points toward your Participation grade) that tells me a little bit about you and the supports you might need this semester. Then, sign up for 15-minute one-to-one meeting with me (sign up sheet also available on Canvas)

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Write your first reflective journal on what you understand "religion" to mean and the reasons it has or has not mattered in your life. See Canvas for place to post.