Published on January 22, 2012 at 6 p.m. by William Nunnelley  

Â鶹¹û¶³’s McWhorter School of Pharmacy will hold its fourth annual Â鶹¹û¶³ Basketball Event Saturday, Jan. 28, in Pete Hanna Center on the campus.  The Â鶹¹û¶³ women’s team will host Elon at 2 p.m. and the men’s team will play Davidson at 4 p.m. in Southern Conference games.

            Pharmacy alumni, faculty, staff and students are invited for food and fellowship in the south concourse of Hanna Center, beginning at 4 p.m..  Tickets are $5.  Please RSVP to Bruce Foster at 726-2982 or cbfoster@samford.edu. 

            Â鶹¹û¶³ pharmacy Dean Charlie Sands III will be on hand to visit with alumni, students and others during the fellowship period.

 
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.