Kraig Wheeler, chemistry professor, and Jim Novak, biological sciences professor, were excited to find baby snails living in an aquarium in 3 North Taylor.

They belonged to Resident Assistant Sarah Cannon.

“You only need to have one snail to have baby snails,” Wheeler said.

Professors and administrators visited resident halls last night from 7 to 9 p.m. for a program called “House Calls.”

Taylor Hall residents were happy to receive Novak, Wheeler and Tom Nelson, biological sciences professor.

Quinna Stone, resident director of Taylor Hall said, “The faculty helped on Opening day and Move in Day. This is the first real meet and greet. Full launch of ‘House Calls’ is happening this year.”

Stone started the program by asking the faculty their names and telling a little bit about how the floors were set up and hall councils were.

Stone and Brian Johnson, assistant resident director of Taylor, led the professors through the two towers of the residential hall to each floor to meet the resident assistants and their residents.

The professors started on the first floor and moved their way up. Walking from one end of the floors to the other end, professors asked the students, who were in their rooms, what their majors were, and gave advice on more than just academics.

“I think it’s great,” Cannon said. “I think it’s wonderful for faculty to see that the students have lives outside the class rooms. Also for the students to see that the faculty members are people to.”

The bulletin boards in the residential halls caught the attention of the professors. Looking at the board of who was from where, Wheeler was amazed to find that no resident on the floor was from the Charleston area.

Another board with bright yellow construction paper illustrated shared interests between residents with colored lines. For example, if two residents like the same music a line would connect the two together.

Wheeler and Novak were impressed with the board and all the colored lines.

Residents from different floors asked the faculty members what they hoped to get out of this meet-and-greet experience.

Nelson said, “I hope that this will make Eastern students feel like it’s [the residence hall] more like home.”

Wheeler also replied that he hoped the event would make students feel more welcome.

Most college students are not that open with the faculty members when it comes to having problems or concerns about assignments.

“The view is faculty is hard to approach,” Wheeler said.

The professors were made to feel welcomed in the residential halls. The hall council of Taylor residential hall decided to have a reception of punch and cookies for the three professors who visited, and Stone even invited them to play bingo.