Published on September 26, 2013 Â
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Â鶹¹û¶³ will host Tanzanian official Willibrod Peter Slaa for a free public lecture Friday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. in the Rotunda of Â鶹¹û¶³’s Beeson Center for the Healing Arts.
Dr. Slaa is Secretary-General of Tanzania’s Chadema Party, a 2010 presidential candidate and an Honorable Member of Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania. He will present “A Vision of Development in Tanzania” through a partnership between Â鶹¹û¶³’s Office of Diversity and Intercultural Initiatives, Office of International Education and the Project Africa Now! club.Â鶹¹û¶³ student convocation credit is available for the lecture.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.