Summer 2000
Vol. 17 No. 2
Publication Number:
USPS 244-800



Contents

FAQ: Samford

Heading to Graduate School with a Fistful of Scholarship Dollars

Viewpoints: Berry and Flynt

Unclaimed Bargains

Miss Alabama 2000

Campus News
Samford, WMU Name Vaughn Director of Christian Women's Leadership Center

Determined Nurse Bell Keeps Clinic Open, Studies Business Side with Stanley Scholarship

Leadership for a Changing World: Rice Suggests Formula for Success

Samford's Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing Received CCNE Accreditation for Bachelor's, Master's Programs

'Burst of New Energy upon the Sciences'

Sports
Major Gift to Athletics

Bulldogs Plan to Exercise Option Again in 2000

Men's Team Captures First TAAC Track Title

News Briefs
Bill Mathews Named VP as Laverne Farmer Retires

Interior Design Gets FIDER Accreditation

Translation Prompts Scholarship Fund

Other Stories
Bobby Bowden Day
Faculty Accolades
Class Notes
In Memoriam
Births

 

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ELIZABETH H. EANES is a nurse at Bessemer Carraway Medical Center.

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GARY BARKLEY, professor of church history at Seinan Gakuin University in Japan, has been elected to a three-year term as trustee of the Seinan Gakuin Educational Foundation. He will present two sessions on trans-religious spiritualities-Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Christian-at a meeting of Spiritual Directors International.

CHAD COHENOUR has purchased Chad's Pay-Less Pharmacy in Florence, a member of the American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. He and his wife, Virginia, have three daughters: Madeline DeEtte, Audrey Janet and Frances Virginia.

Dr. ROSEANNE COLEMAN of Brentwood, Tenn., is president of Roseanne Coleman Ministries and owns and operates a nonprofit transitional home for women and children in crisis, Rachel's Refuge, in Franklin, Tenn. She holds a doctorate in English from Middle Tennessee State University.

ANN THORNTON FIELD has been named co-chair of Cozen and O'Connor law firm's insurance litigation group, which oversees the 60-plus insurance attorneys who practice at the firm's Philadelphia, Pa., office. She concentrates on aviation law, product liability and commercial litigation.

Dr. BAYNE POUNDS has been named assistant professor of women's ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. She is a conference leader in the areas of ministerial liability and youth ministry. She and her husband, JERRY, have two children.

ROBERT F. TAYLOR, L'80, has joined the global law firm of Baker & McKenzie's Tashkent, Uzbekistan, office. He is a commercial lawyer in the firm's Central Asian and Caucusus practice group, based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He specializes in international project development, commercial transactions and energy law.

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MIKE and PATSY FERGUSON BURGESS '79 live in Norcross, Ga. He is president and general manager of Crown International Consulting, a firm that recruits and consults in the credit card industry.

WACHITA HAYWOOD was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show in April to discuss the "Bridging the Gap" mission she founded in 1998 to help feed and fellowship the homeless in Birmingham. The family project involves her husband, Ron, and their children, Ronnie, 17, John Ryan, 12, and Ronneka, nine. She is quality consultant at Veteran's Administration Hospital.

Rev. KEN MADDOX, pastor of South Highland Baptist Church in Bessemer, is planting Living Waters Church at McAdory, which will be contemporary in worship style.

LISA WORLEY has been named to the District 7 Board of Directors of the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents Association. She is associated with Anchor Insurance Agency in Hoover.

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GEORGE S. and JOAN MERWIN ADKINS '78 live in Martinez, Ga. He earned a degree in health, physical education and recreation and teaches middle school physical education/health with Richmond County Public Schools, Augusta, Ga. She teaches elementary grades.

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LORING S. JONES III is president of the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce.