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for alumni and other friends!
Creed Encourages Respect for Diversity
“...Your neighbor is not just the person you are comfortable
with, or who thinks like you, or votes like you, or is a member of your
organization or club. Your neighbor is 'the other'--the hungry, the thirsty,
the prisoner and the stranger. Your neighbor is the one who's on the margins
of your life...”
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The Perspective Behind Each Voice
“...When you don't make the effort to listen to the perspective
behind each voice and don't encounter face to face those persons whose
backgrounds, opinions, and cultural contexts are different than your own,
you are more prone to stereotype, ridicule, and dishonor, without ever
intending to. A writer in a recent article in a Christian magazine expressed
it this way: ‘to be unaware is to be less than moral’...”
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Rikard Wins Teaching Award
“...The honor goes annually to a Samford educator who,
through outstanding performance as a teacher, counselor and friend to
students, demonstrates the ability to inspire students to greatness...”
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The Old Howard 100: Ride Through Alabama History
“...Join cyclists from throughout the region on April 9,
2005, for The Old Howard 100, a ride through Alabama’s historic
Black Belt sponsored by Samford’s Howard College of Arts & Sciences.
Proceeds from the ride will benefit Sowing Seeds of Hope, a partnership
between Perry County and Alabama Cooperative Baptist Fellowship that seeks
to improve the quality of life and work in Perry County through improved
educational opportunities, healthcare, tourism, transportation and economic
development...”
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| Corts, Creed To Lead
Baptist Heritage Tour of England
“...Join Samford University President Thomas E. Corts and
Provost J. Bradley Creed, along with other Samford alumni and friends
in celebrating 100 years of united Baptist missions and ministry at the
centennial meeting of the Baptist World Alliance in historic Birmingham,
England...”
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Samford Launches Redesigned University Web Site
“...It reflects both a graphic and a philosophical shift
in Samford’s online identity, and will be significantly simpler
in use, more logical in organization and more valuable to all users, especially
the University’s primary online audience--prospective students...”
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Samford Seeks Alumni of the Year Nominations
“...Nominees should be graduates who have distinguished
themselves in service in their community and to Samford. They also must
have shown support to the University through their personal involvement
and financial contributions..."
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February 2005
