Posted by Sean Flynt on 2007-03-06
Samford's Latin American Studies progam will present the colloquium Perspectives on Latin America – Religion and the Church, on Tuesday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. in Brock Forum, Dwight Beeson Hall.
The colloquium will be led by Dr. Douglass Sullivan-Gonzlez, Professor of Latin American History and Dean, McDonnell-Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi, and Prof. Marigene Chamberlain, Director of International Studies, Samford-In-Mission; Adjunct Professor, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Spanish Language Course of Study
The event is the second in a series of colloquia funded by an Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Grant from the United States Department of Education. The event is free-of-charge and open to the public.
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.
