Published on January 25, 2012 by Tom Woolley  

Brad Creed (Provost), Tom Woolley (Brock School of Business) and Steve Donaldson (Howard College of Arts and Sciences) gave a joint presentation on “Science and Religion at Samford University: Academic Initiatives in Service to the Church” at the Christian Life and Witness Conference held at Georgetown College in Kentucky January 23-24. Dr. Woolley and Dr. Donaldson are both Senior Fellows in the Center.

 
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.