Published on March 17, 2015 by Hannah Henderson  
Laura Bush portrait

Tickets are still available for Â鶹¹û¶³’s 2015 Tom and Marla Corts Distinguished Author Series featuring former First Lady Laura Bush. The series is part of Â鶹¹û¶³’s Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education.

A former teacher and librarian, Mrs. Bush will focus on literacy and the importance of teaching during the 7 p.m. talk March 26 in Â鶹¹û¶³’s Leslie S. Wright Fine Arts Center.

Tickets for the event are $35 general admission. Tickets are on sale now at tickets.samford.edu or through the Â鶹¹û¶³ box office (205) 726-2853.

The distinguished author series was established in 2011 to honor the late Thomas Corts, who served as Â鶹¹û¶³'s president for 23 years, and his wife, Marla, a former high school English teacher. Proceeds from the series benefit school of education scholarships.

This year’s Corts Distinguished Author Series presentation is part of the education school’s centennial celebration.

 
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.