FAQ: Samford
(Editor's Note: Seasons asked President Thomas E. Corts to respond to the five most frequently asked questions about Samford. Here are the questions and his answers.)

Seeking Samford Grads
Samford University graduates earned impressive packages for continued study at some of the nation's best-known graduate schools. Find out what it took to recruit these talented seniors.

Viewpoints: Berry and Flynt
Samford conferred honorary doctorates on author Wendell Berry and historian Wayne Flynt '61 at Commencement. Seasons interviewed the two for its Viewpoints question-and-answer feature.

Unclaimed Bargains
Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Ala., is the nation's only store for selling unclaimed baggage, a business that has captured the imagination-and money-of shoppers worldwide. Former Samford student body president Bryan Owens '81, who owns the business, has a bargain for just about everyone.

Miss Alabama 2000
Samford junior Jana Anderson will represent Alabama in the Miss America Pageant this fall. She is Samford's fifth Miss Alabama over the past seven years.

Campus News
Christian Women's Leadership Center established
Determined nurse keeps rural clinic open
Nursing School accredited by CCNE
Condoleezza Rice discusses global leadership
New building signals burst of energy in the sciences
Faculty accolades

Major Gift to Athletics
Gene Bluemly has been a believer in Samford University since student days, when he played football under legendary coach Bobby Bowden. Highly successful in the insurance business, Bluemly recently made the largest gift in history to Samford athletics.

 

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