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Samford Build Day Habitat for Humanity Saturday, Dec. 6 (whole or half day) Register: alumni.samford.edu/habitat2014 December 2014/January 2015 Quotable Samford to Graduate 288 Free Mango amford faculty experts share in Fall Commencement Dec. 13 Language Sthoughts with media. amford University will graduate Reflection at the Baptist World Courses Sabout 288 students during fall Alliance in Washington, D.C., will Joseph Snoe (Law) to The Anniston commencement Saturday, Dec. 13. speak. Star Oct. 30, providing background Banking executive Dontá Wilson, Other commencement activities Offered Online for a story on whether the Anniston president of BB&T of Alabama, will include: urrent employees and students City Council could appoint speak during the 10 a.m. program Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing of Samford University now members to the city’s Regional C in Wright Center. As a regional Pinning Ceremony on Friday, Dec. have free access to courses in more Medical Center board president of BB&T, he is also 12, at 10 a.m. at Shades Mountain than 60 languages through Mango responsible for West Georgia and Baptist Church. Languages and the Davis Library. “Hospitals a century ago did not Northwest Florida. Air Force ROTC Commissioning In addition to modern languag- resemble the hospitals of today. Samford’s Beeson Divinity Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 12, at 2 es, courses are available in Latin, They were mainly charitable … run School will hold its commencement p.m. in Hodges Chapel. Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew. by churches and other volunteers.” and service of consecration on Graduating Senior Art Exhibit This service is made possible Paying customers could get a house Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m. in Reception in the Art Gallery through support of the Department call, Snoe said, while indigent Hodges Chapel. Fausto Vasconcelos, following commencement, Dec. 13. of World Languages and Cultures, customers went to a hospital, where n director of the Division on Mission, the English Language Learner care was free. Cities often picked up Evangelism and Theological Institute, Davis Library and the the tab. Grace Márquez Language Technol- Carnegie Names Fournier ogy Forum. Betsy Holloway (Marketing and The courses are online and can Communication) to al.com/The be accessed through mobile devices Birmingham News Nov. 4 about Alabama Professor of Year as well. Samford’s plan to purchase 28 acres amford professor Eric Fournier was recognized for his superb Anyone with a Samford and three buildings from its Ssays his approaches to teaching teaching skills at the U.S. Professors University username and password neighbor, Southern Progress Corp. have changed over the years since of the Year awards ceremony at the he came to Samford in 1997. National Press Club in Washington, can access the courses at library. samford.edu/purl/mango. “When you’re growing like we are “When I first started it was all D.C., Nov. 20. Questions about Mango in terms of students and . about getting through the material, He is the fifth Samford faculty Languages should be directed to Dr. academic programs, expansion in and for a class like Geography 101 member to be named Carnegie Thom Thibeault at tthibeau@ terms of space to house those where your topic is The World, Alabama Professor of the Year since samford.edu or 726-2742. n programs is always a challenge. there is an infinite amount of 1994 (see sidebar). We’ve been looking at options (for) material and only 15 weeks of The U.S. Professors of the Year expansion for some time.” class,” he said. “So I have gradually program salutes the most outstand- given up on ‘covering’ the materials ing undergraduate instructors in the Nena Sanders (Health Sciences) to and tried to focus more on what country—those who excel in al.com/The Birmingham News Nov. students were actually learning.” teaching and positively influence Samford Professors of the Year, 8 about plans to relocate Samford’s Technology has driven other big the lives and careers of students. Alabama College of Health Sciences in changes, including access to The program is sponsored by Dr. Marlene Reed, Business, 1994 information.“Memorizing facts Carnegie and the Council for facilities purchased from Southern Dr. Tom Woolley, Business, 2000 Progress Corp. adjacent to the doesn’t have much of a place in a Advancement and Support of campus world where you have access to it Education. Dr. Stephen Chew, Psychology, 2001 all on your device, so I have focused Fournier believes the world is Dr. Larry Davenport, Biology, 2007 “To have these colleges under one more on ideas, skills and concepts, moving toward a cross-disciplinary roof is going to be a game-changer and less on facts,” he said. approach to teaching and learning. Dr. Eric Fournier, Geography, 2014 for us. Our graduates will be able to Fournier recently was named Courses that bridge subject matter deliver integrated care to their the 2014 Alabama Professor of the between disciplines are a trend that Chosen by the Carnegie Foundation patients because they will be taught Year by the Carnegie Foundation for will continue, “and I look forward n for the Advancement of Teaching integrated care from the start.” n the Advancement of Teaching. He to being a part of that,” he said. Peggy Connell (Education) presented “Critical Practices of Effective Leaders” at the Fall Instructional Leadership Confer- ence at Perdido Beach Resort Nov. 3. Joel Davis (Music) provided the Cassandra Adams (Law) will original score for Breve Films’ travel to Havana, Cuba, as a independent short comedy, “Jerry Adams Floyd Ford Rahn member of the American Bar & Diane,” which was named an Association Dispute Resolution official selection of the Big Apple Charles Ford (Interior Architec- the Silver Award for the case “An Delegation to learn about the Film Festival. The film received its ture) has been appointed by the Expert Witness Takes the Stand.” country’s use of mediation and arbi- red carpet premiere screening at International Code Council Board Guess presented the case at the tration. The delegation will meet Tribeca Cinemas in New York City of Directors as a member of the International North American Case and exchange information with Nov. 9. Energy/Existing Building/Green/ Research Association annual several groups and organizations, Property Maintenance/Zoning conference in Austin, Texas, in Malia Fincher (Biological and Interpretation Committee for the October. including professors from the Environmental Science) attended University of Havana, a local trade upcoming 2015-2017 Code the University of New Mexico’s Angeline Jackson, Susan Nolin union, members of the Cuban Development Cycle. annual Mentoring Conference in and Cathy Scott (Technology Society of Constitutional and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. Greg Gorman (Pharmacy) Services) attended the annual Administrative Law, and the Cuban 21-24. published with F. Grappe, G. Alabama Banner Users Group Society of Civil and Family Law. Nance and L. Coward “In Vitro Conference in Florence, Alabama, David Finn (Special Education) Inhibitory Effects of Herbal Nov. 12-14. Nolin hosted two Marshall Cates (Pharmacy) and Preston Hite (Interior received the Alabama Society of Supplements on Tamoxifen and sessions during the conference, Architecture) presented “Riding out Irinotecan Metabolism” in Drug “Mass Uploading Data Using INB Health-System Pharmacists Service the Storm: Behavior Management Recognition Award in October. Metabolism and Drug Interactions Banner” and “Argos Dashboards Approaches” at the 2014 Early 2014 Aug. 5. Epub ahead of print. and OLAPs.” Scott presented on Jongwha Chang (Pharmacy) has Intervention Preschool Conference “Managing your Disability been named an editorial board in Mobile, Alabama, Nov. 17-18. Wendy Greene (Law) was honored Resources.” Julie Stewart (Payroll) member of two journals, Advances Finn also discussed one of his tests by Xavier University of Louisiana also attended the conference and in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug for people with limited movement as a recipient of its inaugural “40 hosted a session on “Using Safety and Business and Manage- capacities entitled “Aye, Aye under 40 Young Alumni Award.” TimeClock Plus with Banner.” ment Research. Captain: N.O.S.E.S. (Novel The award, chosen from more than Observations of Somatic Environ- 200 nominations, recognizes “forty Mark Lackey (Music) had two Stephen Chew (Psychology) was mental Situations).” extraordinary young alumni who compositions accepted for the keynote speaker at the meeting have established impressive track publication by Dorn Publications, of the Michigan Tutorial Association Donna Fitch (Marketing and records in industries from, but not specialists in concert music for reed in Bay City, Michigan. He spoke on Communication) has been selected limited to, the arts, sports, instruments. The compositions are “Developing a Successful Mindset to participate in the NASA Social education, politics, finance and the jazz inflected “Blugue for for Learning.” being held at NASA’s Marshall STEM (science, technology, Saxophone Trio” and “Blugue for Space Flight Center in Huntsville, engineering and mathematics) Reed Trio.” Alabama, Dec. 3 previewing the fields.” Orion spacecraft launch. The NASA Erin Mauldin (History) served as a Social program provides opportuni- Brian Gregory and Corey commentator/chair at the Graduate ties for NASA social media Johnson (Chemistry and Biochem- History Conference of the Univer- followers to learn and share istry) accompanied five students to sity of Alabama, Oct.