Announcements
Manager and Leadership Concentration Added
Manager and Leadership Development was recently added as a new concentration. Designed to increase the interpersonal effectiveness of current and aspiring managers and leaders, this concentration replaces Human Resource Development. This concentration is available for all students admitted for the fall 2009 semester. Students currently enrolled in the Human Resource Development concentration have the option of completing the requirements for that concentration or changing to Manager and Leadership Development.
New courses MPML 310, Supervision, and MPCO 312, Empowering Managers to Understand IT, will be offered as part of the Manager and Leadership concentration. Both courses will be offered in the fall 2009 semester. A complete listing of the course requirements is at http://www.samford.edu/adultdegree/opt_mgrdev.html.
Samford University Metro Programs Award Ceremony
All graduates for the 2008-2009 academic year were honored at the 2008-2009 Samford University Metro Programs Student Awards Ceremony held Wednesday evening, April 29.
Christa Tarrance and Bonita Flippo were named as the 2009 recipients of the James L. Treadway Award. This award commemorates a beloved English professor who taught in the Adult Degree Program and is awarded annually to a graduating senior student in the Adult Degree Program. To be eligible, a student must have earned at least a 3.0 grade point average. The final determination is made by student vote.
Walter Moore, Spanish instructor in the Adult Degree Program, received the Joe O. Lewis Faculty Scholar Award. This award, established to honor former Provost Joe O. Lewis, is given annually to a faculty member who students believe demonstrates superior teaching skills and concern for students and the program. The final determination is made by student vote.
Bonita Flippo, Michael Hood, Laura Merriman, Ali Wilburn and Lindsey Wade received honor certificates. Jeffrey Ferrell, Virginia Hackney, Paula Harris and Wynne Schniper received honor medals.
Please join us in congratulating these outstanding individuals!
Alpha Sigma Lambda Inductees
Congratulations to the following students who were inducted into the Sigma Upsilon chapter of the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society on Sunday, March 29, 2009:
Stephanie A. Hays
Michael James Hood
Laura Merriman
Terri Tucker Robinette
Jane Ann Swartz
Ali M. Wilburn
Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society (ASL) was established in 1946 to honor superior scholastic achievement and leadership in adult students. With chapters at 250 colleges and universities throughout the United States, Alpha Sigma Lambda recognizes the special achievements of adult students who accomplish academic excellence while facing competing interests of family, work and community.
Please join us in congratulating these outstanding students!
Shades Valley YMCA Drop and Go Program
Starting in January, the Shades Valley YMCA will extend their "Drop and Go" program to Samford students and faculty that need childcare in the evenings. You do not have to be a Y member to use this new service, but you need to be either registered for a Samford evening class, or teaching in the evenings at Samford University.