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 the Escola 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