Published on January 6, 2011 at 6 p.m. by William Nunnelley  

Â鶹¹û¶³ will host three receptions for alumni, parents and prospective students and their families during January.  The receptions are sponsored by the Â鶹¹û¶³ Advancement and Admission offices to share information with students who are considering attending Â鶹¹û¶³ and their parents.  Â鶹¹û¶³ alumni and parents also are invited to help provide information on their Â鶹¹û¶³ experience.

            January events are as follows:

            Jan. 20, Dallas, Texas, Embassy Suites Market Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

            Jan. 25, Huntsville, Ala., Marriott, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

            Jan. 31, Nashville, Tenn., Franklin Marriott, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

            Invitations are mailed to alumni, parents and prospective students’ families.  Alumni and parents may make reservations by responding to sualumni@samford.edu.  Prospective students may make reservations by responding to sbturner@samford.edu.

            David Goodwin, Â鶹¹û¶³’s director of alumni and parents programs, and Jason Black, dean of admission, coordinate the events.  Additional events are scheduled in other locations later this spring.

 

 
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.