Published on March 7, 2018 by Philip Poole Â
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The Birmingham News and al.com featured the story of 2013 Â鶹¹û¶³ alumnus Jeremy Towns and his journey from valedictorian of his high school class through his football playing days at Â鶹¹û¶³ and in the National Football League to his current status as a second-year student in medical school.
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Towns was one of 29 Â鶹¹û¶³ alumni featured in February as one of the inaugural Audrey Gaston Howard Award recipients.
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.