Zaynah Qutubuddin
– Muslim Student
Association
Title: President
Age: 20
Class: Senior, English
major with a pre-med
concentration
Responsibilities:
Hosting the weekly
administration
meetings, planning events, talking to different
organizations and raising money for events.
Quote: “Our goal is to reach the Muslim community
on campus … for me, some goals I’d like to achieve
(are) … to work with more organizations and (to)
collaborate.”
Meetings: Jummah prayers in the Commons every
Friday at 1:15 p.m. and weekly halaqas. Check the
Web site for exact times.
For more information on MSA, visit http://vcu.msa.org
Chris Daniel – Reformed
University Fellowship
Title: Campus minister
Age: 34
Class: Alumnus of Mercer
University and Covenant
Theological Seminary
Responsibilities: Preaching
weekly at large group
meetings, planning
activities, leading weekly small groups and hosting
events at his home.
Main goals of RUF: 1. To point students to new life
in Jesus Christ. 2. To greet them, get to know them,
to plug them into community with other students.
3. To feed students with the word of God, so that
they can grow in Christ.
Quote: “We want to see students brought to new
life in Christ and to see those students grow to
know him and love him and walk in his ways more
throughout their lives.”
Meetings: Large group – 7:30 p.m. at Harvest
Renewal Church on Franklin Street, two blocks east
of the Virginia Book Company. Small groups held
Monday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and
7:30 p.m., and Friday at 12:30 p.m. See the Web
site for details.
For more information on RUF, contact Chris Daniel
can be at (804) 852–5151 or visit http://vcu.ruf.org
Megan Stewart – Hillel (The
Foundation for Jewish
Campus Life)
Title: President
Age: 19
Class: Sophomore, art
major
Main goals of Hillel: To
create a close Jewish
community on campus.
Quote: “We encourage people who haven’t even
gotten the chance to explore Judaism (to attend).
… (Hillel is available) to create a comfortable setting
for Jewish young adults.”
Meetings: Regular Shabbat dinners and carpools
to local services. Join the “Hillel @ VCU” group on
Facebook.com to be notified of Shabbat dinners
and other regular social and religious events.
For more information on Hillel, visit www.vcuhillel.com
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For more information about religious
organizations on campus, visit
http://usca.vcu.edu/studentorgs and
click “Use our Student Organization
Directory” and then “Spiritual/Religious.”