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  Samford University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samford University is an private, coeducational, Baptist-affiliated university located in Homewood, Alabama, (a suburb of Birmingham).
Samford was founded as Howard College on January 3, 1842, in Marion, Alabama.
In 1951, the school acquired the Cumberland School of Law from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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 University of Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
In 1818, Congress authorized the newly-created Alabama Territory to set aside a township for the establishment of a "seminary of learning." When Alabama was admitted to the Union on March 2, 1819, a second township was added to the land grant, bringing it to a total of 46,000 acres (186 km²).
The university reopened in 1871 and in 1880, Congress granted the university 40,000 acres (162 km²) of coal land in partial compensation for $250,000 in war damages.
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 Samford University: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees....
The leland stanford junior university, commonly known as stanford university, is a privately-funded american university in stanford, california....
The cumberland school of law is a law school operated in birmingham, alabama under the auspices of samford university, which purchased it from cumberland...
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 Samford University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Samford University is an private, coeducational, Baptist-affliated university located in Birmingham, Alabama.
Samford University was founded as Howard College on January 3, 1842, in Marion, Alabama.
The shool was renamed as well because there was already a Howard University in Washington, D.C. The university was named for Frank Park Samford, chairman of the Howard College Board of Trustees, and, to that time, the institution's most generous individual benefactor.
www.birmingham.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Samford_University   (373 words)

  
 Samford University Spring 1998 Class Schedule
Samford's Metro College was developed to create a rewarding balance between the adult viewpoint and the ageless joy of learning.
Samford is a personalized university where the faculty will know your name and be readily available to you for assistance.
Samford University admits students of any race, color, sex, disability or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, and activities generally accorded or made available to all its students.
www.merrill.org /metro/overview.html   (1920 words)

  
 Samford University - college - colleges - alabama - Samford
Samford University is a private, liberal arts university with high academic standards.
Samford, which has some 4,500 students, offers a wide range of extracurricular activities diverse enough to satisfy the social, cultural, physical, and spiritual needs of all of its students.
Samford University has ranked fifth among 130 regional universities in the South, as published by U.S. News & World Report; marked as "very competitive" by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges; and has been selected for Peterson's Competitive Colleges.
www.topcolleges.ws /samford-university.html   (483 words)

  
 Samford University - College Closeup
Samford University is a private, comprehensive liberal arts university with high-academic standards.
Samford’s wooded 180-acre campus, with its Georgian architecture, is one of the most beautiful in the nation.
Samford University seeks to enroll students capable of success in a challenging academic environment.
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 Welcome to the Birmingham Post-Herald: Insight
Samford University President Thomas Corts sits next to a statue of school benefactor Ralph Waldo Beeson on the Samford campus.
Today, Samford is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the third-best college for a master's education in the South, but Corts said the focus of his work has been providing a quality education, not in seeking recognition.
Many of Samford University's major highlights during the Corts era are related to his work and relationship with a major benefactor, the late Ralph W. Beeson, and his family, who have donated more than $100 million to the school, Corts said.
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 Computing and Information Technology Values and Policies
Samford University recognizes the vital importance of computing and information technology resources in accomplishing its mission of nurturing persons.
Their contents may not be examined without the permission of the owner, approval by designated University officials (as defined in the section on violations) or as required by law.
However, University resources are not to be used to retrieve, store or distribute materials that are inconsistent with the mission and values of the University.
lr.samford.edu /policies/SU-Policy.html   (1335 words)

  
 AlabamaMentor - Select a College - Campus Tours - Samford University
Moving to Birmingham in 1887, the institution was renamed Samford University in 1965, reorganizing to accommodate Cumberland School of Law.
At the University’s core is a foundation of Christian values and belief, a mission to nurture persons for God, for learning, forever that has withstood the test of time.
While the colleges and universities are able to update the Campus Tours information at any time and this section, thereby, has the potential to offer the most accurate and up-to-date information available, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.
www.alabamamentor.org /CampusTour/undergraduate/4570/Samford_University/Samford_University1.html   (601 words)

  
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Samford education dean Ruth Ash and her faculty embraced that maxim in 1992 when they decided to borrow a page from restructuring industries and apply the principles of "total quality management" to transform their teacher education program.
The results Samford is achieving are not only a testament to the hard work of its education faculty and staff but positive proof that a well-designed university program can prepare graduates who can "hit the ground running"-ready to teach and manage today's students effectively.
Samford moved these classes to the late afternoon, "so that practicing teachers can come in and we can deal with real situations." Samford also gave students more time to learn classroom management in real classrooms by observing and assisting master teachers.
www.middleweb.com /samford.html   (2682 words)

  
 Chronicle of Higher Education 11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Samford University agreed Monday to settle a lawsuit brought by three female professors who charged that they were paid less than their male counterparts at the Birmingham, Ala., institution.
She also said that her clients had experienced retaliation from the university after filing the lawsuit, but she would not be more specific.
Samford was founded by the Baptists of Alabama and is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
plsc.uark.edu /fw/samford.htm   (354 words)

  
 SAMFORD UNIVERSITY, Birmingham, AL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The School of Business at Samford University is accepting applications to fill a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor rank in applied macroeconomics, international economics, or international trade.
Samford University, founded in 1841, is a private university located in the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama with approximately 4,500 undergraduate and graduate students.
Samford is a Christian university with historic ties to the Alabama Baptist Convention.
www.aeaweb.org /JOE/0510d/html/joe144.html   (219 words)

  
 Samford University - Birmingham, AL - Colleges of Distinction
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but due to the competitive nature of the university, freshman candidates should seek admission in the fall of their senior year.
Samford uses FAFSA to determine eligibility for need-based financial aid (federal grants, work study, subsidized loans, and university grants).
Samford will prepare a financial aid package only after receipt of this information.
www.collegesofdistinction.com /collegetemplates/financialaid.asp?cid=664   (220 words)

  
 Samford University vs Charleston Southern (Oct 20, 2001)
Samford University vs Charleston Southern (Oct 20, 2001)
Samford University vs Charleston Southern (Oct 20, 2001 at Charleston, S.C.) SACKS (UA-A): Samford University-None.
Quickie Statistics (Final) Samford University vs Charleston Southern (Oct 20, 2001 at Charleston, S.C.) SAMFORD CSU Score.........................
www.csuniv.edu /sports/stats/fb2001/samford.htm   (4398 words)

  
 Samford University - Birmingham, AL - Colleges of Distinction
Samford University - Birmingham, AL - Colleges of Distinction
Samford seeks to create a university climate that is different from most--a climate of Christlike living.
At the heart of Samford, the Quad is the campus park for studying, picnicking and students’ recreation of choice.
www.collegesofdistinction.com /collegetemplates/masterfile.asp?cid=664&st=community   (170 words)

  
 News Search: samford university
In 2003, Jacksonville State University and Samford University became the newest members of the OVC, joining Southeast Missouri State University (1991), the University of Tennessee...
to be identical to that of Samford University in Alabama except for the substitution of Wesley for Samford and College for University.
Samford University students will showcase their research on a variety of topics from 8 a.m.
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 Soccer Team Signs Nine Players In Highly-Touted Recruiting Class :: Bulldogs will attempt to earn their ...
Last season, Samford's recruiting class was ranked 14th in the talent-laden Southeast Region and 79th in the nation by Soccer Buzz.
She has been a member of the club state championship team three years in a row (2002-04) and was also a three-time member of the Iowa ODP team before moving to Tennessee.
Olds comes to Samford from Dallas, Texas, where she currently plays for the Sting Soccer Club, one of the premier women's soccer teams in the country.
samfordsports.cstv.com /sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/020205aaa.html   (1729 words)

  
 Arkansas college president nominated to lead Samford
He visited the Samford campus Dec. 6 to meet with three constituent panels - faculty/staff, students and alumni/donors - as well as university leaders.
Samford's next president will replace Tom Corts, who is retiring after 23 years.
A native of Batesville, Ark., Westmoreland is married to Jeanna Westmoreland, associate professor of education and dean of Ouachita's School of Education.
www.biblicalrecorder.org /content/news/2005/12_16_2005/ne161205arkansas.shtml   (775 words)

  
 Ouachita Baptist University: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A statement released by Samford indicated that the search committee's recommendation would be considered by the university's board of trustees in a called meeting that has been scheduled for January 10.
Following a number of visits to the campus and meetings with the search committee and constituent reference panels made up of students, faculty, staff and alums, Westmoreland was named as the search committee's choice for the position.
Key accomplishments of his presidency have included the successful completion of the university's most ambitious fund-raising effort to date, the Circle of Excellence campaign, which exceeded a $62.5 million goal and was completed in May of 2005.
www.obu.edu /news/story.asp?ID=975   (477 words)

  
 Problem-based Learning, Samford University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Since that time, Samford took on the challenge to not only incorporate PBL into various undergraduate programs within the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Nursing and Pharmacy, but also to document best models of PBL practice in course portfolios.
The Center’s mission was to support the Samford community in enhancing student learning through the training, implementation and documentation of PBL and other methods of active, student-centered, collaborative, inquiry-based learning; and to share these practices with other educators.
The site corresponds to Samford University’s efforts to be a learner-centered community that nurtures the intellectual, emotional, physical, social and spiritual development of students and teachers.
www.samford.edu /pbl   (217 words)

  
 Baylor University || Public Relations || News
Samford is a Baptist university with an excellent academic reputation.
Samford has a school of liberal arts and sciences, and schools of nursing, music, education, business, law, pharmacy, and a Metro College offering evening programs to the citizens of Birmingham, which has a metropolitan area population of about 975,000.
A National Merit Scholar, Netherton received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from the University of Mississippi in 1969, and four years later he received a doctor of philosophy in mathematics degree from the University of Virginia.
www.baylor.edu /pr/news.php?action=story&story=1065   (792 words)

  
 Samford University News
The Samford University softball team will step out of Ohio Valley Conference play for a pair of games on Thursday as the Bulldogs host the Troy Trojans in a midweek doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m., at Bulldog...
The 5-foot-7 Samford University guard is a senior on the basketball court, but she's actually in her second year of pharmacy school at Samford.
ATHENS, Ohio - The Samford University basketball team will face its first non-conference opponent in nearly two months on Saturday as the Bulldogs challenge the Ohio University Bobcats in a 7 p.m.
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 Berte presented with honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Samford University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In a media release prior to the ceremony, Samford President Thomas E. Corts announced that the Samford Board of Trustees “enthusiastically approved” the granting of the degree.
Corts cited the “common commitment” of Birmingham-Southern and Samford “to academic quality, to Christian faith, and to the worthiness of independent higher education.” He added, “It would be an honor for Samford University to claim you as an honorary alumnus.”
He became president Feb. 1, 1976, after serving at the University of Alabama as dean of the New College and vice president for educational development.
www.bsc.edu /communications/news/archives/samford_052404.htm   (236 words)

  
 Northern Trust Wins Samford University Custody Mandate
"We are very pleased to have been selected by Samford University to serve their custody, performance and commission recapture needs," said Mike Delaney, Vice President of Foundation, Endowment and Healthcare sales at Northern Trust.
Samford University (www.samford.edu) is Alabama's largest independent university with an enrollment of 4,400 students from 40 states and 22 nations.
Founded in 1841, Samford is America's 87th oldest university and is the home of Cumberland School of Law, Beeson School of Divinity, McWhorter School of Pharmacy and five other colleges.
www.ntrs.com /aboutus/news/030310.html   (329 words)

  
 Samford University News - Page 2
News on Samford University Sports continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
The Samford University basketball team will kick off its 2005-06 home schedule on Saturday as the Bulldogs host the Bryan College Lions in a non-conference matchup beginning at 2 p.m., in Seibert Hall.
P.J. Tucker scored 22 points as Texas handled its second straight mid-major opponent, defeating Samford 77-33 in the second round of the Guardians Classic at the Frank Erwin Center.
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