Graduating Senior Art Show Dec. 7–12, Art Gallery Reception follows commencement Dec. 12

A newsletter for faculty, staff and friends of Samford University • December 2015–January 2016 Quotable Chapman To Speak amford faculty share thoughts Swith media. at Fall Commencement Michele Haralson (Education) to avid W. Chapman, dean of Scholars al.com Oct. 25 on the practice of DSamford’s Howard College of following a Jenni Beal (Pharmacy) received a schools holding “e-days” in which Arts and Sciences for the past 15 sabbatical Dean’s Innovation Grant and a students complete assignments years, will be the speaker at the during the Continuing Professional using the Internet from home on university’s fall commencement spring of 2016. ­Development Grant from teacher workdays. She said e-days Saturday, Dec. 12. About 260 Provost and ­McWhorter School of Pharmacy. are gaining traction across the seniors will graduate at the program vice president country and may be a viable option in Hanna Center at 10 a.m. for academic Nancy Biggio (Associate Provost for school make-up days. However, Beeson Divinity School will affairs Michael for Administration) and Bridget she added, not much data exist on hold its fall commencement and Hardin will Chapman Rose (Academic Success Center) the quality of education during service of consecration Wednesday, serve as interim attended the Education Advisory e-days. Dec. 2, at 11 a.m. in Hodges dean during the spring. He leads Board’s Student Success Chapel. William J. Carl III, pastor the national search committee for a ­Collaborative National Summit in “And the downside is that some are of Independent Presbyterian new dean. Washington, D.C, Oct. 27–28. The held on Saturdays, and the ones that Church, will speak. Chapman’s tenure as dean was summit brings together “the most are held during the week can be Chapman will step down as marked by the opening of Propst dedicated and innovative student very inconvenient for parents. Also, dean at the end of the current Hall, the renovation of Russell Hall success leaders in the country for in rural areas, not everyone has academic year, but will continue to and other capital projects. He two days of learning, sharing and access to the Internet.” teach English and will have a role as worked extensively on developing networking,” according to the conference program. Those director of the John Howard Chapman cont. on page 4 Rusty Yerkes (Business) to al.com attending study such topics as Oct. 30 in a story on the recent progress toward degree, student volatility in U.S. financial markets Samford Programs Celebrate Christmas retention and success, first-year as a result of volatility in European amford will celebrate the lead the service. Philip Poole, experience programs, student and Asian markets. SChristmas season with a series Samford executive director of learning outcomes and assessment. of events including one of the communication, his wife, Shellyn, Kim Benner (Pharmacy) with “Alabama has been a significant school’s oldest holiday traditions, and their family were chosen as this beneficiary of international trade C. Rutledge, B. Brown, P. Christmas Around the World. The year’s family to add a Chrismon Prabhakaran and L. Hayes and global business initiatives. We annual program of music and ornament to the tree. are generally a business-friendly published “A Novel Use of scripture readings, which began in Lighting of the Way will begin at Methylene Blue in the Pediatric state that has offered economic the 1950s, will be Thursday, Dec. 3, 7 p.m. on Centennial Walk. incentives to attract high-tech ICU” in Pediatrics. 2015;136 (4). at 10 a.m. in Reid Chapel. It is Samford First Lady Jeanna Benner also presented “Pharmacy manufacturers to the area such as hosted by the departments of World Westmoreland will read the Mercedes and Airbus.” He as a Career” to students at Languages and Cultures, Classics, Christmas story, and singer/ Gardendale High School Oct. 15. explained that these corporations and Religion. songwriter Steve Moakler will avoided problems associated with Two other longstanding perform. Brad Busbee (English) was the exchange rate fluctuations by traditions, Hanging of the Green Christenberry Planetarium will moving their production and sales keynote speaker Oct. 8 for a and Lighting of the Way, will also present its annual Star of Bethlehem meeting of the Society for Nordic activities to Alabama. “But U.S. be held Thursday, Dec. 3. Hanging program at various times during exported goods and services will be Philology at the University of of the Green, based on an old December. Telephone the Samford Copenhagen (Denmark). The more expensive to the rest of the English custom, will be in Reid Box Office at 726-2853 for ticket world, which in turn results in less address was entitled “Living Words Chapel at 6 p.m. and include information and schedule. for Beowulf.” At the 41st annual demand. The flip side is that a lighting of the Advent wreath, The A Cappella Choir will stronger dollar makes imported meeting of the Southeastern decorating a Chrismon tree and present a Service of Lessons and Medieval Association Oct. 23, goods and services less music by the University Chorale. Carols Friday, Dec. 4, at 5:30 p.m. n expensive.” Fourteen senior honorees will in Hodges Chapel. n Out & About cont. on page 2 Out & About cont. from page 1 Psychological Association. At the ACT, five groups of Chew’s students had papers accepted and presented Busbee presented “An Explication their findings. of the First (mostly) Accurate Essay about Beowulf.” He won the 2015 Danielle Cruthirds (Pharmacy) Southeastern Medieval Association presented a poster entitled “Use of Award for Excellence in Teaching Video Tutorial in a Sterile Oct. 24 at the same meeting. Compounding­ Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience” at Busbee McClure Watson Wensel Marshall Cates (Pharmacy) was the 75th International elected to the Board of Directors ­Pharmaceutical Federation World Beirut Nov. 25 and in Sidon Nov. Studies Conference at the (member-at-large) of the College of Congress of Pharmacy and 26. This effort is on behalf of the ­University of Ottawa Oct. 17 on Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmaceutical Sciences in United Nations Relief and Works “Alien Marriages: Transnational Pharmacists. He received a Düsseldorf, Germany, Oct. 2–3. Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Marriage and Divorce, 1900–1940.” Pharmacy Dean’s Innovation Grant Near East, and targets Palestinian for a project entitled “Evaluation of Larry Davenport (Biology) had refugees in the medical and Greg Gorman (Pharmacy) the Effect of an Elective Course two articles published in the paramedical staff in those areas of presented a poster, “Enzymatic Involving Mental Illness-themed Journal of the Botanical Research Lebanon. He presented Stability of Alteplase Solution for Movies on Pharmacy Students’ Institute of Texas: “Change in ­“Neuroscience and Learning: Injection: Effect of Various Methods Empathy Toward Mentally Ill Taxonomic Rank for a Hexastylis Applications to Enhance Student of Thawing Frozen Solutions” Patients.” (Aristolochiaceae) Taxon of the Learning,” in Dubai, United Arab coauthored by Maisha Freeman Southeastern United States,” Emirates, Nov. 28. These confer- and Jeffrey Kyle (Pharmacy), at Marshall Cates (Pharmacy) and coauthored with Brian Keener, ences are coordinated by LEAPS the American Association of Tom Woolley (Business) presented University of West Alabama, and (Learning Emotionally Pharmaceutical Scientists in posters on “Effect of Duration of “From Cro-Magnon to Kral: A ­Academically Physically and Orlando, Florida, in October. Clinical Exposure to Mentally Ill History of Botany in Alabama.” Socially), a nonprofit special Gorman also presented a podium Patients on Pharmacy Students’ education support agency in Beirut. talk on “Nonclinical Dose Stigmatizing Views” and “Pharmacy Kim Davey (Public Health) ­Formulation Stability Analysis” at Students’ Attitudes Toward Suicide received the Best Paper Award in Mike Floyd (Law) gave a lecture on the same meeting. Prevention Are Improved After the Healthcare, Hospitality “American Precedent and Some Participation in a Psychiatric Management and Public Current Employment Law Issues in Brian Gregory, Paul Wiget and Pharmacy Clinical Rotation” at the ­Administration Track from the the U.S.” at the Tribunal Regional Corey Johnson (Chemistry) International Pharmaceutical Southern Management Association do Trabalho da 2ª Região (TRT, accompanied five students to the Federation World Congress of for her paper, “Physician Adoption Regional Labor Court) in São Paulo, joint Southwest/Southeast Regional Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical of Health Information Technology.” Brazil, in October. He and Justice Meeting of the American Chemical Sciences in Düsseldorf, Germany. Maria Cristina Zucchi discussed Society in Memphis, Tennessee. Debbie Duke (Congregational cooperation agreements for Samford Abby McMurry, Alex MacLean, Stephen Chew (Psychology) gave Health) and staff members of the with senior officials of theEscola Mallory Smith, Roman Travis presentations on how people learn Center for Faith and Health Judicial do Tribunal Regional do and Hannah Patterson (Judson for faculty and students at participated in the Faith Chapel Trabalho da 2ª Região (EJUD2, the College) each presented a poster on Kalamazoo College and the Cares for the Homeless Event on TRT’s Judicial School); with a summer research project. University of Regina. He also gave Nov. 14 at Linn Park. administrators at Centro keynote addresses at the Annual ­Universitário de Brasilia (UniCEUB, Michael Hogue (Pharmacy) Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Clif Eason (Business) and Nathan delivered a continuing education Kirkpatrick (Kinesiology) the largest university in Brazil); and Atlanta, sponsored by the Society with administrators at Universidade program, “Overcoming Barriers to for the Teaching of Psychology, and presented their poster, Vaccination of Adult Patients,” for ­“Reclassifying Down from NCAA Braz Cubas (Braz Cubas University) the Educational Leadership in Mogi das Cruzes. physicians attending the Georgia Conference in Washington, D.C., D1 to D3: The Impact on the Academy of Family Practice sponsored by the American Institution and Its Brand,” at the Charles Ford (Interior meeting in Atlanta Nov. 7. Sport Marketing Association Annual ­Architecture) gave a panel Conference in October in Atlanta. presentation with two others at the P. J. Hughes (Pharmacy) was one 2015 Interior Design Educators of 60 Continuing Pharmacy Leslie Ennis and Peggy Connell Education stakeholders who (Education), with doctoral graduate Council South Region Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, in participated in an Accreditation Meredith McClanahan, presented Council for Pharmacy Education “The Effects of Reading Engage- November entitled “Where is Bill Nunnelley Sustainability? Toward an (ACPE) event in Chicago Oct. Editor ment on Literacy Achievement for 29–30. The program, “ACPE’s CE ­Elementary Students” to the ­Understanding of the Climate of Scott Camp Sustainability in Practice and Provider Accreditation Program Senior Graphic Designer Mid-South Educational Research Education in our Region.” It Invitational Conference: 40 Years Association in Lafayette, Louisiana, Later — Current and Future 205-726-2800 Nov. 4–6. received the Outstanding­ Panel [email protected] Award at the conference. Opportunities and Challenges,” provided thought leaders in ©2015 Samford University David Finn (Special Education), at Deadline for next issue: Ginger Frost (University Research pharmacy practice and education the request of the European Union, the opportunity to advise ACPE on Jan. 16, 2015 was invited to present Professor) gave a paper at the Produced by Samford Office of Marketing and Communication Northeast Conference on British ­“Neuroscience and Learning” in Out & About cont. on page 4 2 Inside Samford Thursday, December 10 Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Wright Center, Wednesday, January 6 Abigail Casey, Carter Law (ret.), Bonnie alabamaballet.org Nan Baldwin, Don Bradley, Paul Daniel (ret.), Spear, Susan Stevens, Joyce West (ret.) Holly Deemer, Carolyn Featheringill (ret.), Final exams Monday, December 21 Polly McKay, Patty Roark, Scott Simpson Cassandra Adams, Sonthe Burge, Ben • 10 a.m.–2 p.m. and 4–8 p.m. Legacy Chastain (ret.), Dorothy Mangum, Jino Ray, League Christmas Home Tour and Holiday Thursday, January 7 Beth Smith, Cathy Vasile Gift Market Brad Bishop, Susan Cooper, Caryl Privett, DecemberCalendar • 7:30 p.m. Opera Birmingham presents Tuesday, December 22 Cecilia Tubbs “Home for the Holidays,” Brock Recital Hall, Gary Chaffin (ret.), Ted Killingsworth, Renee (Birthdays are listed in red.) Friday, January 8 operabirmingham.org Pelfrey, Bill Ross, Lauren Taylor, Vic Wilson LaJeanna Chitty, Karen Cotton (ret.) Tuesday, December 1 Friday, December 11 Wednesday, December 23 Saturday, January 9 Nancy Battles, Jean Debrecht, Steve Wall, Joe Cory, Cheryl Miller, Kaye Nail Nancy Biggio, Marigene Chamberlain, Laura Breedlove, Timothy George, Rebecca Betty Winches • 7:30 p.m. Alabama Ballet presents George Mandy Fox, Janet Goodwin, Pamela Sims, Little, Bob Stiles (ret.), Whitney White • 10 a.m. Reid Chapel: Lowell Vann, art Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Wright Center, Julia Sosa professor (ret.), and A Cappella Choir alabamaballet.org University closed until Jan. 4 Sunday, January 10 • 7:30 p.m. Bells of Buchanan, Brock Recital Saturday, December 12 Kelly Bonner, B. Coyne (ret.), Wayne Hall Thursday, December 24 Richardson, Frances Skelton (ret.), Jean Bill Dixon, Jennifer Donovan, Suresh Lee Carmon (ret.), Wayne Kendrick (ret.) Thomason (ret.), Bruce White Wednesday, December 2 Mathews, Nena Sanders, David Smolin Drayton Nabers, Gilaine Nettles, Betty • 10 a.m. Commencement, Hanna Center Friday, December 25 Monday, January 11 Murray (ret.), Wayne Pittman, Matt Smith, • 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Alabama Jeff Bassett, Jane Daugherty, Rosemary Ford George Crawford (ret.), Mike Grace, Brandy Anne Stowe (ret.) Ballet presents George Balanchine’s The (ret.), Joellen Henson (ret.), Marvin Rogers Mobley • 11 a.m. Beeson Divinity School Nutcracker, Wright Center, alabamaballet.org Merry Christmas! • 7:30 p.m. Opera Birmingham presents Tuesday, January 12 Commencement and Consecration Saturday, December 26 program, William J. Carl III, senior pastor, “Home for the Holidays,” Brock Recital Hall, Wilton Bunch, Katie Cohen, Becky Willis operabirmingham.org Mike Douglas, George Ford, Dea Mathews, Independent Presbyterian Church Brian Pitts, Joyce Rader (ret.) Wednesday, January 13 Sunday, December 13 Sandra Long, Doug Rigney, Grant Taylor Thursday, December 3 Sunday, December 27 Erica Calvert, Richard Cassarino, Billy Foster, Steve Donaldson, Myrtis Johnson, Jarod Lenahan, Nancy Miller (ret.), Ann Phillips, Marilyn Bailey (ret.), Brandon Evans, Warren Thursday, January 14 Tariq Masri, Renie Moss, Susan Nolin Laird Christson Adedoyin, Sigurd Bryan (ret.), Fall classes end Claude Rhea, Timothy Sutton • 2:30 p.m. Alabama Ballet presents George James Hous (ret.), Phil Kimrey, Meg • 10 a.m. Reid Chapel: Christmas Around Monday, December 28 McKinney, Scott, Schablow, Patti Wood the World Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Wright Center, Cindy Berry, Carol Dean (ret.), Mike alabamaballet.org • 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Samford vs. East • 6 p.m. Hanging of the Green, Reid Chapel McCluskey Tennessee State, Hanna Center • 8 p.m. Star of Bethlehem program, Monday, December 14 Tuesday, December 29 Christenberry Planetarium. Nine additional Jordan Hughes, Julie Myers Friday, January 15 programs are planned. See facebook.com/ Jim Jensen (ret.), Steve Parker, Jacquelin Tally Gwendalyn Childs, Jonathan Davis, Clif ChristenberryPlanetariumSU/events. Tuesday, December 15 • 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Samford vs. Miles Eason, Pat Hester, Sarah-Kate Masters, College, Hanna Center Tommy Tarvin Friday, December 4 Jason Adkins, Vera Brown (ret.), Howard Finch, Charles Read, Clark Watson, Paul Wednesday, December 30 Karen Birk (ret.), Bruce Foster, Yuki Wiget Saturday, January 16 Nakamura, Jennifer Speights-Binet Betsy Holloway, David Whitt Borden LeSieur, Doug Smith (ret.) Study day Wednesday, December 16 • 2 p.m. Women’s Basketball: Samford vs. • 5:30 p.m. Hodges Chapel: Choral Vespers, Thursday, December 31 Mercer, Hanna Center Nita Carr, Karen Joines (ret.), Keith Minisman, Kaitlin Burns, Victor Cabral, Ken England, A Cappella Choir • 6 p.m. Men’s Basketball; Samford vs. David Nichols (ret.), Neil Teitlebaum Rebecca Farr, Clayton Winters • 8 p.m. Alabama Symphony Orchestra • 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Staff Advisory Council Chili Western Carolina, Hanna Center presents Christmas with Amy Grant, Wright Cook-off, Hanna Center West Lobby, shuttles Sunday, January 17 Center, alabamasymphony.org available during lunch from Propst Hall and JanuaryCalendar Sherman Circle Kyle Bailey, Amanda Barron, Michael Saturday, December 5 Friday, January 1 Crouch, Katie Daspit, Hal Horton, Victoria Tim Best, Susan Blazer, Jennifer Cardwell, Thursday, December 17 Brad Burckel, Devon Laney, Janet Slaughter, Knierim, June Myers (ret.), Mary Ann Carlson Coogler, Tina Duffey (ret.), Michelle Latrelle Anderson (ret.), Richard Dendy, Jan Deanna Smeltzer, Terry Taylor, Nathan Tomlinson (ret.) Durban, Julie Hannah, Shirley Hutchens Farmer (ret.), Emily Hynds, Vickie Jefferson Taylor, Tim Wolfe, Stephanie Wynn Monday, January 18 (ret.), Dave Proctor, Randy Todd, Linda (ret.), Teresa Mauldin, James Roberts, Carol Happy New Year! Wood (ret.) Vaughn Cross Ruth Beason (ret.), Chuck Lane, Pat Sullivan Saturday, January 2 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, university Sunday, December 6 Friday, December 18 Robbie Jackson, Jessica Skelley closed Marian Carter, B. S. Ellis (ret.), Donna Daphne Carr, Kim Davey, Noel Forlini, Kelly • 2 p.m. Women’s Basketball: Samford vs. Tuesday, January 19 Gardner, Dave Garza, Jennifer Maye, Scott Fuller, Glenda Jones, Hal Langston, April Harvard, Hanna Center McSparen Robinson, Kenny Smith, Kenn Tolle, Peggy Joe Brock (ret.) West Sunday, January 3 Wednesday, January 20 Monday, December 7 • 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Samford vs. South Paul Blackwell (ret.), Jewell Carter (ret.), Sara Dana Basinger, Susan Crosthwait (ret.), Mike Cole, Mary Culotta, Laura Patterson, Alabama, Hanna Center Clemmons, Janet Hails (ret.), Tom Monroe, Carole Webb (ret.) Wayne Lovell, Jennifer McClure • 7:30 p.m. Alabama Ballet presents George Richard Rush, Amy Snow, Katherine Final exams Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Wright Center, Winchester Thursday, January 21 • Graduating Senior Art Exhibition, Samford alabamaballet.org Kathy Acton, Mark Gignilliat, Woody Art Gallery, Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday, January 4 Hartzog, Gwendolyn Marshall, Vicki through Dec. 12. Reception Saturday, Dec. Saturday, December 19 James Burson, Rosemary Dallam, Brian Thornburg, Mary White 12, following Commencement. Beau Byrd, Judy Meyer (ret.), Alberto Pinion, Ernsberger, Henry Glotfelty, Don Wilson (ret.) • 6 p.m. Women’s Basketball: Samford vs. Adrienne Retief, Charlie Sands Jan Term classes begin East Tennessee State, Hanna Center Tuesday, December 8 • 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Alabama Law miniterm and pharmacy classes begin Tinisha Glenn, Libby Hamby, Joel Henneke, Ballet presents George Balanchine’s The Friday, January 22 Todd Krulak, Paul Kuruk Nutcracker, Wright Center, alabamaballet.org Tuesday, January 5 Millicent Bolden, Esther Gonzalez Blanco, Final exams LaJuana Davis. Naomi Gillilan, Jennifer Jim Cook (ret.), John Sowell (ret.), Lee Walsh Sunday, December 20 Novotny, Mark Quay • 7:30 p.m. Opera Birmingham Wednesday, December 9 Debbie Duke, Anton Gaede, Kenny Gannon, • 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Samford vs. The William Lawson, Ashley Leggett, Don presents La Traviata, Brock recital Hall, Casey Jo Kersey, Bill Mathews (ret.), Lauren Citadel, Hanna Center operabirmingham.org Rankin (ret.), Mavis Scully, Muriel Warren McCaghren, Melvin Smith (ret.) Final exams • 2:30 p.m. Alabama Ballet presents George Calendar cont. on page 4 3 Inside Samford Out & About cont. from page 2 American College of Clinical artworks throughout the country. Pharmacy conference in San He had a solo show at Austin Peay Francisco Oct. 19. State University entitled Traces the next generation of continuing (Oct. 26–Nov 18). He participated pharmacy education accreditation. Susan Nolin (Technology Services) in a group art show at Goucher Congratulations to . . . presented “Using Unions and College entitled With Silence • Adam Roebuck (Web Services) Jeffrey Kyle (Pharmacy) was Extract Text Reports in Argos,” and Comes Peace (Oct. 27–Dec. 6). He and his wife, Haley, on the Nov. 5 named Outstanding Practitioner of Brandon Rawls and Brett Burkes was also a guest artist at the “Ravi birth of their son, Ridge Houston the Year by the Alabama Society (Technology Services) presented Zacharias International Ministries: Health-System Pharmacists. He Sympathy is expressed to . . . “Automating document loads from Founders’ Weekend” in Orlando, published “Antibiotic Therapy for Slate to BDM using III” at the • Todd Yelton (Athletics) and his Florida (Oct. 30–Nov. 1). And he Epididymitis” in US Pharmacist Alabama Banner Users Group fall had a solo show at Union family in the Nov. 4 death of his 2015;40:39–43 with students conference in Florence, Alabama. wife, Shauna n ­University entitled “Vestige” (Nov. Rebekah Bradford and Stacy 17–Dec. 17). Farry. Ken Roxburgh (Religion) Calendar cont. from page 3 published “George Whitefield and Terri Wensel (Pharmacy) was Piotr Malysz (Divinity) contrib- the Secession Movement’s Reaction elected the District Six Trustee of Saturday, January 23 uted an article on the reception of to the Cambuslang Revival” in the the American Pharmacy Marsha Cremer (ret.), Tom McDougal, Ruby the Apostolic Council (Acts 15) in Journal of Religious History and Association.­ Shepard (ret.), Candace Todd, Allison Tolar, medieval and Reformation theology Jonathan Waugh, Eunice Williams (ret.) Culture, November 2015. Roxburgh • 2 p.m. Women’s Basketball: Samford vs. and political thought; it will appear was installed Nov. 15 as part-time Heather West (World Languages Chattanooga, Hanna Center in the Encyclopedia of the Bible pastor for preaching and teaching at and Cultures) gave a paper entitled and Its Reception (De Gruyter). He Sunday, January 24 Southside Baptist Church. “The North-South Cliché in Ruth Ash, Cindy Brown, Barbara Crider authored “Grounded in the Marraine and Filleul by Hélène (ret.), Joe Hopkins, Katrina Mintz, Rosalyn Resurrection: The Church as a Dennis Sansom (Philosophy) Koscielniak” at the 23rd biennial Sewell, Rusty Yerkes Community of Kinship” in Modern accepted the invitation to become a conference of the Association for • 2:30 p.m. Opera Birmingham presents Reformation. peer-review reader for the journals Canadian Studies in the United La Traviata, Brock Recital Hall, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy operabirmingham.org States Oct. 15–17. She also attended Jennifer McClure (Religion) on and Christian Bioethics. the annual conference of the Monday, January 25 Oct. 23 presented “Prosocial National Association of Self-­ Doshia Bennett, Lee Ann Berthiaume, Spillover Effects: How Pamela Sims (Pharmacy) Instructional Language Programs Marissa Grayson, Bama Hager ­Congregations Can Shape presented on several topics at the First day of classes, spring semester Oct. 30–31, where she was elected ­Attenders’ Prosocial Behavior” Georgia Advanced General to the organization’s 2017–19 board. Tuesday, January 26 and “Resources on the ARDA for Dentistry Master Track Program Christy Allen, Larry Harper, Elizabeth Congregations” at the annual in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 7–8. Hunter, Mary Nell Minor (ret.), Sharon Smith Rusty Yerkes (Business) presented • 7 p.m. Wright Center Signature Series meeting of the Society for the They were “Overview of a paper, “How Do Municipal Bonds presents An Evening with Art Garfunkel, Scientific Study of Religion and the Pharmacokinetics,”­ “Pharmacologic Behave Without Tax-Exemption,” at Wright Center, tickets.samford.edu Religious Research Association. She Effects of Medications,” the 2015 Financial Management • 7:30 p.m. Alabama Symphony also convened sessions on ­“Mechanisms of Drug Interactions Association International confer- Orchestra presents Russian Moods: and Allergies,” “Behavior Music by Tchiakovsky, Rachmaninov “Congregations and Community ence in Orlando, Florida, Oct. 15. and Shostakovich, Brock Recital Hall, Involvement” and “Denominations ­Modification,” “Acute Pain alabamasympony.org and Congregations” at the meeting. Management” and “Emergency Lauren Young (University Medications.” Library), with C. K. Machado and Wednesday, January 27 Mary McCullough (World Jimmi Amick, Jerri Dorrough (ret.), Zac S. B. Clark, published Schrieber, Chuck Stokes Languages and Cultures) presented James Strange (Religion) read a ­“Repurposing with Purpose: a paper, “Knitting Women: The paper, “Report of the 2015 Season of Creating a Collaborative Learning Thursday, January 28 Craft, Artifice and Subterfuge of the Shikhin Excavation Project,” at Bill Ellison (ret.), Kent Michael, Cathleen Space to Support Institutional Wheatley (ret.) Domesticity in Three World War II the annual American Schools of Interprofessional Initiatives” in • 11 a.m. Legacy League Scholarship Texts,” at the South Central Modern Oriental Research program in Medical Reference Services Luncheon, Kelly Minter, speaker, Vestavia Language Association Conference in Atlanta Nov. 19. At the same Quarterly, 34(4), 441–450. n Country Club, samford.edu/legacyleague Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 31. meeting Nov. 20, he chaired the Friday, January 29 paper session, “The Role of Texts Kelly Battles, Tom Diggs, David Finn, Ben Chris Metress (Associate Provost and Archaeology in the Study of Chapman cont. from page 1 Goolsby, Ross Newton, Grace Simms, Cami for Academics) published an New Testament Backgrounds: Tinsley, Richard Waits (ret.) essay-review, “Literature, Civil Rights Essays in Honor of James F. new approaches to teaching such as Saturday, January 30 and the Political Imagination,”­ in Strange,” which he also organized. writing-across-the-curriculum and Donna Fitch, Jann Hammel, Meggan the Spring 2015 issue of The (James F. Strange is his archaeolo- problem-based learning, and on Huggins, Samuel Puccio, Randall Richardson, Southern Literary Journal. gist father.) He delivered the lecture community outreach programs such Earlean Roberson “Digging Jesus: Insights from as the Samford-in-Mission program, • 6 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Samford vs. Patricia Naro, Michael Hogue, Chattanooga, Hanna Center Samford Archaeologists on the Old Howard 100 Bike Ride and • 8 p.m. Wright Center Signature Series Robert Henderson, Roger Everyday Life in His Galilee” at the Davis Lectures. presents Jessica Lang Dance in partnership Lander, Charles Sands and Paula Samford’s Family Weekend and Chapman joined the Samford with the Alabama Dance Festival, Wright Thompson (Pharmacy) presented homecoming. faculty in 1990. He holds the B.A. Center, tickets.samford.edu “Collaborative Learning through degree from the University of Sunday January 31 International Advanced Pharmacy Stephen Watson (Visual Arts) has Oklahoma, M.A. from the Philip Copeland, Chelsea Mobley, Karen Practice Experiences” at the been exhibiting his spice and herb n University of Tulsa and Ph.D. from Rayburn Texas Christian University. n 4 Inside Samford