October 12, 2007

Editor: Sean Flynt
Web Content Editor: Carissa Bradley
Contributing Writers: William Nunnelley, Philip Poole, Mary Wimberley


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  Dr. Stephen A. Graham has won the 2007 John Pollock Award for Christian Biography for his 2005 book on Christian missionary and evangelist E. Stanley Jones.

Biography of India Missionary Wins Pollock Award
"... Jones supported Indian aspirations for independence from the British Empire and was sensitive to Indian religious traditions..."

  Samford President Andrew Westmoreland will attend two special alumni receptions in November

Meet President Westmoreland in Dallas, Mobile
"... Samford President Andrew Westmoreland will attend two special alumni receptions in November..."
  Fireworks highlight Friday night's Homecoming events.

New Reunions Added to Homecoming Schedule
"...Samford's Homecoming 2007 schedule now includes more than a dozen alumni reunion events, including several added just this week..."
  Alumnus Jeffery D. Bramer makes new friends in San Diego.

Samford Snapshot
"... Birmingham attorney and Samford alumnus Jeffrey D. Bramer `84 was visiting the San Diego Zoo when his Samford t-shirt caught the attention of some new friends..."