Fall 2000
Vol. 17 No. 3
Publication Number:
USPS 244-800


Contents

Turkey Creek Vigil

It's the Excitement'

Genome Research Yields Quick Returns

OTHER STORIES
Samford Ranked Fifth in South by U.S. News & World Report

Education School Scores High in Effective Teacher Preparation

Faculty Accolades

Upcoming Samford Tours

ODK Seeking 50 Exemplary Alumni To Mark Society's Anniversary


ALUMNI
Manis Biography Wins Lillian Smith Book Award

University of Georgia Beckons Garver, Hanson with Sizable Postgraduate Packages

Alumni Office Seeks Samford Traditions


NEWS BRIEFS
Sequoyah, Cunningham Join Men's Hall of Fame

Samford Begins Offering Doctor of Education Program

Deupree Recognized for Fighting Illiteracy


SPORTS
Tillette: Men's Team One
Big Question Mark

Cochran, Moore Lead Veteran Women's Basketball Team


CLASS NOTES
BIRTHS
IN MEMORIAM

 

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'99

MELANIE LANGSTON BUSBY and her husband, Aaron, live in Douglasville, Ga., where she works as an Aged, Blind and Disabled Medicaid specialist with Douglas County Department of Family and Children Services.

LACEY ELIZABETH GRIFFIN earned a master of education degree in art education at Mississippi College, Clinton, Miss., in August. She lives in Ridgeland, Miss.

AMY BAKER JOHNSON and her husband, Benjamin, live in Homewood.

GWEN ZELDA JONES-CRAWFORD is enrolled at Samford pursuing a bachelor's in police administration.

TONYA LEPPER and JON PARKS married Oct. 7. She is an admissions counselor at Samford. He is minister of music at Crosscreek Baptist Church, Pelham.

JENNIFER MITCHELL and DANNER KLINE '00 married in May. She is environmental educator for the Cahaba River Society and he is a telecommunications specialist at Southern Progress, Birmingham.

ROBERT ANTHONY MOORE attends Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is senior pastor of the Baptist Church of Keeter in Boyd, Texas. He and his wife, Mary, live in Fort Worth with their three children: Ashley, Drake and Devin.

JASON ROBERTS and BETHANY BUTLER married in August. They live in Birmingham, where he is enrolled in the M.Div. program at Beeson Divinity School and she is studying for a master of accountancy degree at Samford. She also works at Highland Capital Holding Corp.

KATY ROBINSON was commissioned as a US-2 missionary by the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. She is assigned to The Shepherd's Way in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where she will coordinate outreach services for homeless adults and children.

MARISA STERLING married Blake Dempsey in June. They live in Buies Creek, N.C.