Published on September 24, 2012  

Samford’s “Restoring Eden” student group and the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences will present author Katharine Wilkinson, Ph.D., in a special program this Thursday, Sept. 27. The 4:30 p.m. event in Brock Forum, Dwight Beeson Hall, is free-of-charge and open to the public.

Dr. Wilkinson is the author of “Between God and Green: How Evangelicals are Cultivating a Middle Ground on Climate Change”. She will discuss her book and take questions after her presentation.
 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford 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, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford 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. Samford is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second-highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.