Quotable

Samford faculty share thoughts with the media.

Rusty Yerkes (Business) in al.com July 20 from his report on the feasibility of developing a hotel and conference center in Oak Mountain State Park. He reviewed a feasibility study conducted earlier by a group in favor of the project. The Yerkes review was commissioned by Keep Oak Mountain Wild, which opposes the development.

“These primary factors, in conjunction with the numerous other factors addressed earlier in this report, suggest the project would have great difficulty in achieving a satisfactory level of financial performance necessary to meet minimum debt service requirements.”

Stephanie Wynn (Nursing) to al.com July 17 on Samford’s $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help veterans with health-care training and experience earn degrees

“Our program will afford these veterans the opportunity to transition into the civilian workforce while also giving credit for the valuable hands-on medical experience they already possess.” n

Art Exhibit Reflections of Generosity—

Reflections of the SoulAug. 24–Sept. 29

Samford Art GalleryMon.–Fri., 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

A newsletter for faculty, staff and friends of Samford University • August 2015

Business Building, Other Additions, Set to OpenSamford will open its new $25

million Brock School of Business next-generation building this fall. The imposing four-story structure will open for classes at the start of the semester and be formally dedicated Friday, Sept. 4. The building will provide much-needed classroom, office and meeting space for Samford and the Birmingham business community. A breathtaking glass atrium will be at the center of the building, but, according to business Dean Howard Finch, “The real impact . . . will be an exciting learning and meeting environment that fosters outstand-ing business education for generations to come.” Educational features include classrooms with advanced audiovisual capabilities and a portfolio management room

featuring Bloomberg data terminals. A student incubator will provide support and facilities for students to launch their own new businesses. The Academic Programs suite includes personal counseling and advisement for students, an internship office and employer interview rooms. The building’s design highlights student independent and collabora-tive learning, with multiple breakout rooms designed to foster team projects and case analysis by groups, and two instructional computer lab rooms. An endowment fund for future growth and maintenance has been established through room and area sponsorships throughout the

Samford WelcomesNew Provost,40 New Faculty

Samford will welcome a

new provost and 40 new full-time faculty members to campus for the fall semester. Michael Hardin, former dean of Culver-house College of Commerce at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, joined Samford as provost July 1. He succeeded Brad Creed, who became president of Campbell University in North Carolina. In addition to his administrative duties as chief academic officer, Hardin will be professor of quantitative analysis in Samford’s Brock School of Business and professor of biostatistics in the School of Public Health. His appointment followed a national search that yielded more than 100 candidates. Hardin had been Culverhouse dean since 2011 and was an associate dean from 2007 to 2011. A reception will be held for the new provost and his wife, Anna Kathryn, and the new full-time faculty and their spouses at the President’s Home (1994 Shades Crest Road, Vestavia Hills) on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 5–7 p.m. New full-time faculty include the following: AFROTC—Jacob C. Ringrose Arts—Emily Andrews, Susanne Burgess

New Faculty cont. on page 4

By the NumbersMay Graduates1,009

First Summer Term Enrollment1,554

Sources: Registrar’s Office and Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Record Freshman Class May Boost Samford over 5,000A record freshman class of 810

students should help Samford open the fall semester with an all-time high enrollment of more than 5,000 at the start of its 174th year this month. The freshmen will move in Friday, Aug. 14, and the first day of classes will be Monday, Aug. 17. Phil Kimrey, Samford’s vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, credited the efforts of the Samford admission staff led by Dean Jason Black for continuing to produce record enrollments of students of high academic quality and leadership.

Kimrey said the results demonstrate, “in an incredibly competitive market, the recognition of Samford’s rigor, Christian mission, personal approach and value to families who visit and select our campus for their college experience.” He added that several factors have provided momentum recently for Samford, including the formation of the College of Health Sciences, the opening of the new Brock School of Business building and the acquisition of the Southern Progress property. n

Building cont. on page 3

Hardin

Bill NunnelleyEditor

Janica York CarterDirector of Creative Operations

Monica WashingtonSenior Graphic Designer

Julie BeckwithEditorial Assistant

205-726-2800 wanunnel@samford.edu

©2015 Samford UniversityDeadline for next issue:

Aug. 17, 2015Produced by Samford Office of Marketing and Communication

Review of the Literature” in the Journal of Opioid Management 2015 Mar–Apr; 11(2):184–90.

Marshall Cates (Pharmacy) received the Pharmacy Practice Faculty Member of the Year Award for 2015.

Stephen Chew (Psychology) delivered keynote addresses at the Southwestern Teaching of Psychology conference in Wichita, Kansas, and the Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology in Staunton, Virginia. He presented an invited workshop on STEM education for the faculty of Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He presented an invited workshop on teaching at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in New York City. At the same conference, one of his students, Niba N’tcha, presented a poster based on her senior directed research project entitled, “Narcissism, Psychopathy and Competitiveness in Moral Actions during Sports Competitions.”

Danielle Cruthirds and Robert Wang (Pharmacy) presented a poster, “Post-Exam One-on-One Instructor Remediation Improves Student Retention in Pharmacy School,” at the fifth international conference of the Association of Biochemistry Directors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in May. Cruthirds also participated in a panel discussion on “What Do Pharmacy Students Need to Know about Biochemistry? Biochemistry Learning Objectives in Pharmacy Education” at the conference.

Joel Davis (Music) presented and performed at the second annual Walker Percy Weekend Literary Festival in St. Francisville, Louisiana, June 5. An excerpt from his multimedia work The Last Gentleman received a preview performance at the festival’s opening event, “Art in the Ruins,” amid the historic Afton Villa Gardens. Later in the summer, he directed the Shades Mountain Baptist Church Orchestra in its annual Pops in the Park concert at Wald Park July 1.

Jake Galdo (Pharmacy) was appointed to the editorial review

board of The Consultant Pharmacist, the publication of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. Galdo presented “Effects of Drugs on Oral Health” for a Wake Area Health Education Center dental continuing education program in June. He also presented “Star Ratings” for the Alabama Pharmacy Association annual meeting.

Michael Hogue (Pharmacy) was awarded the 2015 Cardinal Health Generation Rx Award by the Alabama Pharmacy Association at its annual meeting in Sandestin, Florida, July 23. The award recognizes a pharmacist who has engaged in public education and health policy to combat prescrip-tion drug abuse.

Betsy Holloway (Business) published “Measuring Client-based Corporate Reputation in B2B Professional Services: Scale Development and Validation” in the Journal of Services Marketing. The article was coauthored with Sharon Beatty (University of Alabama) and Gianfranco Walsh (University of Koblenz, Germany). Holloway published a paper presented at the Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Congress in Bari, Italy, in July entitled “Corporate Social Responsibility Authenticity: Investigating its Antecedents and Outcomes,” coauthored with Sarah Alhouti (Providence College) and Catherine Johnson (University of Toledo).

Ronda Lacey (Pharmacy) was presented the J. Wayne Staggs Distinguished Service Award by the Alabama Pharmacy Association (APA) for exceptional leadership and devoted service to the association and the Alabama pharmacy community. She presented a continuing education program, “Don’t Shoot the

2 Inside Samford

Davis West YerkesLacey

Messenger: An Update on DEA Policies and Current Case Studies,” at the APA annual meeting June 24 in Sandestin, Florida.

David Luthin (Pharmacy) with Rachel Thomas published “Current and Emerging Treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation and Chronic Idiopathic Constipation: Focus on Prosecretory Agents” in P harmacotherapy 2015:35(6):613–630.

Betty McCullough (Pharmacy) published “Team Development of the Experiential Office and Beyond” in the Spring 2015 edition of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Experiential Education Newsletter.

Mary McCullough (World Languages and Cultures) published an article titled “The Husband, the Wife and the Mother-in-Law: Power and Relationships in Yamina Benguigui’s Inch’Allah Dimanche” in L’Erudit Franco-Espagnol (Volume 7, Spring 2015).

Josh Reeves (Center for Science and Religion) presented papers at two conferences in June and July: “Three Options for Reconciling Chance and Providence” at the BioLogos Conference on Evolution and Christian Faith in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and “Reconciling Chance and Providence: A Case Study, Using the Work of Kathryn Tanner” at the Science and Personal Action Conference sponsored by the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion in Oxford, England.

LeeAnn Reynolds (History) presented a paper entitled, “‘From Pariah to Heroine’: Remembering the Radicalism of Lillian Smith, Virginia Durr and Anne Braden,” at the Southern Association for Women Historians conference in

Out & About cont. on page 4

David Bains (Religion) wrote the chapter on Christianity in Understanding the Religions of the World: An Introduction, a new textbook edited by Will Deming published in June by Wiley.

Kim Benner and Whitney White (Pharmacy) served as delegates for the state of Alabama in the American Society of Health- Systems Pharmacists House of Delegates summer meetings June 6–9 in Denver, Colorado.

Nancy Biggio (Associate Provost), Eric Fournier (Center for Teaching, Learning and Scholarship) and Chris Metress (Associate Provost) attended the New American Colleges and Universities’ annual summer institute hosted by Hamline University June 17–19. The theme of the institute was “Convergence: Developing the Holistic Univer-sity.” Biggio presented “Getting LinkedIn: Building a Modern Student, Alumni and Employer Network with Minimal Money and Time Investment” at the institute.

Gary Bumgarner (Pharmacy), with X. Ruan, L. Ma, J. P. Couch and T. Chen, published “Intrac-table Puritis during Outpatient Epidural Hydromorphone Infusion: A Case Report and a Focused

3 Inside Samford

Saturday, August 1Bernie Ankney, Tanya Martin, Mickey Naron (ret.), Mark Richardson, Laura Taylor

Sunday, August 2Dena Byers, Lisa Falletta, B. J. Millican, T. Sam Roe (ret.), Shane Tubbs

Monday, August 3Roger Parker (ret.), Gilda Speegle (ret.), Angela Thomason, Brad Tomas, Angie Troncalli

Tuesday, August 4Kyle Hudgins, Val Merrill, Trent McKnight, Debra Pope, Richard Rayford, Paul Richardson (ret.), Kevin Yamamoto

Wednesday, August 5Sandra Dudley-Mitchell, Ryan Hankins, Darlene Key, Julie Steward

Thursday, August 6Joe Collins, Janet Cumbee, Nancy Golden, Carrie Landgraf, Judy Martin (ret.), Debbie Mize Classes end, Summer 10-week and Summer 2

Friday, August 7Stephen Chew, Kadie FryFinal exams

Saturday, August 8Shelley Chapman, John Dedrick, Kathryn Green (ret.), William Hodge, Jim Lewis (ret.), Rick Traylor (ret.), Darin White

Sunday, August 9Ammie Akin, Nancy Bales, Ursula Hendon (ret.), Bill Ringler

Monday, August 10Malia Fincher, Sandra McDonald (ret.), Brian Toone, Lauren Womack JohnsonLaw School Orientation, through August 14

Tuesday, August 11Dollie Brice, Chappell Evans, René Golden, Monty Hogewood, Ronda Lacey, Frank Minter (ret.), Marlene Rikard (ret.), Noah Slaughter, Logan Williams-Heim

Wednesday, August 12Emma Bouyer (ret.), Tim Coleman, Larry Davenport, Ross Hickman, Wallace Williams (ret.)• 5–7 p.m. Reception honoring new Samford Provost Michael Hardin and his wife, Anna Kathryn, and new full-time faculty and their spouses, President’s Home, 1994 Shades Crest Road

Thursday, August 13Leigh Hodges, Nichole PompeyBulldog Days (orientation)

Friday, August 14Iris Christopher (ret.), MacKenzie Coan, Lora Shelton, Lavone WarrenFreshman Move-In DayTransfer Bulldog Days (orientation)

Saturday, August 15Alyssa DiRusso, Bill D’Ottavio, Kim Eckert, Gretchen McDaniel

Sunday, August 16Diney Ball, Joyce Chappelear, Joe Dice, Matt Griffin, Marcie Harchuck• 5 p.m. Your School, Your City

Monday, August 17Kim Cripps, Andrea Goolsby, Ellen McLaughlin (ret.)Welcome Back Week, through Aug. 21Classes begin

Tuesday, August 18Landon Byrd, Dan Connell (ret.), Michael Gillispie, Bill Kolar, Carla Robertson• 10 a.m. Opening Convocation, Wright Center• 11 a.m. Divinity School Opening Convocation, Hodges Chapel

Wednesday, August 19Ginger Frost, Debi Whitcomb

Thursday, August 20Debra Atchison, Becky Dobelstein, Lisa Imbragulio, Kathy McCloud (ret.)

Friday, August 21Charlotte Freeman, Mim Gaines, Mark Searby, Jason Smith, Steve Smith• 7 p.m. Soccer: Samford vs. Boise State, Soccer Stadium

Saturday, August 22Alan Baty, Kim Benner, Caroline Gowins (ret.), Hubert Hocutt (ret.), Pattie Neill, Michaela Odom, Nancy Whitt (ret.)

Sunday, August 23Donna Klosowsky (ret.), Glenn Waddell• 6 p.m. Soccer: Samford vs. South Alabama, Soccer Stadium

Monday, August 24Charlotte Brammer, Brian Gregory, Sara Gould, Lawrence Iannotti (ret.), Tommie

Mitchell (ret.), Tabitha Moore, Connie Morris (ret.), Tammy Summerville, Jordan Wulz • Art Exhibit: Reflections of Generosity—Reflections of the Soul, Gallery, Mon.–Fri., 9 a.m.–4 p.m., through Sept. 29

Tuesday, August 25Jessica Bonner, Reba Clark (ret.), Crystal Grier, Lane Powell (ret.)• 1–3 p.m. and 5–7 p.m. Samford Legacy League Open House, President’s Home, 1994 Shades Crest Road, R.S.V.P. by Aug. 20 to legacyleague@samford.edu or 726-4065

Wednesday, August 26Mike Darwin, Belinda Isley, Lacey Nance (ret.), Miriam Newman

Thursday, August 27Patrick Darby, Jim Dorroh, Scott Fisk, Alan Jung, Ty Margenthaler, Elizabeth Martin, Cathy Stewart (ret.)• 7 p.m. Heart Behind the Music, Brock Recital Hall

Friday, August 28Cameron Barnes, Peggy Carlisle (ret.), Billye Currie (ret.), Ed Landers, Leslie Mann, Donna Seibels • 7 p.m. Soccer: Samford vs. Memphis, Soccer Stadium

Saturday, August 29Kay Hambrick (ret.), Chris Hopson, Rosemary Traylor (ret.), Allan Trippe, Billy West

Sunday, August 30Jennifer Beall, Loretta Preston, Patsy Puchta (ret.), Jan Vaughn (ret.)• 2 p.m. Soccer: Samford vs. Wake Forest, Soccer Stadium

Monday, August 31Hugh Floyd, Scotty Moates, Joey Mullins n

AugustCalendar(Birthdays are listed in red.)

building. Gifts and pledges exceeding $2.5 million have been raised to date for the building endowment. Also this fall, Samford will open a new Art Lofts in the former Facilities Lower Shop, and the former Facilities Upper Shop is being demolished to make way for a new parking area for 44 cars next to Art Lofts, said David Whitt, director of capital planning and improvements. Whitt said the temporary roadway to Samford’s new Southern Progress property will be completed at the north end of Beeson Woods, to be used for the parking lots and decks on the west side of the new property. The Lakeshore Drive entrance also will be available, he said. n

Building cont. from page 1

The new Brock School of Business building nears completion.

Charleston, South Carolina, in June.

Fred Rogan (Human Resources) had his book on managing people included in the Recommended Reading column of The Higher Education Workplace Magazine published by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The book, What Your Employer Meant to Tell You When They Made You a Manager, 2nd Edition, was published in 2014 by Aventine Press. It helps managers know how they should think and behave in their role as manager, and how they can be more successful in getting their employees to be more engaged in their jobs, said the magazine.

Ken Roxburgh (Religion) preached at Ladywell Baptist Church in Scotland July 5. He presented a paper, “Revival in Scottish Baptist Churches in Early 20th Century,” at the International Conference of Baptist Studies in Manchester, England, July 17.

Charles Sands (Pharmacy) presented “A New Healthcare Initiative in North Korea—The Division of Medical Sciences, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology” at the Korean Federation of Greater Chicago meeting at Grace Church, Wheeling, Illinois, May 30.

Dennis Sansom (Philosophy) had the following accepted for publication: “Can Irony Enrich the Aesthetic Imagination? Why Kierkegaard’s Explanation of Irony Is Better Than Richard Rorty’s,” in the Journal of Aesthetic Education, and “Ethical Tensions Involved in Mandatory Immunization Programs: A Communitarian Response,” in the journal Ethics and Medicine.

Pamela Sims (Pharmacy) presented “The Top 100 Drugs Patients Take: What the Dentist and Staff Need to Know” to the Louisiana Academy of General Dentistry in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 1. She also presented “Impact of Aging on Oral Health” to the Sixth District Dental

Society in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 17, and “Case Studies in Pharmacology: Finding the Best Solution for your Patient” to the Alabama Dental Association’s 2015 Ski and Learn Seminar in Big Sky, Montana, March 19. Earlier, she gave programs on “Acute Pain Management; Dental Concerns for PTSD Medications,” “Local Anesthetic Drug Interactions and Allergies” and “Preventing Infection” at the U.S. Army Fort Gordon Dentac, in Augusta, Georgia, Oct. 23–24, 2014.

Jessica Skelley (Pharmacy), with Z. A. Weber and G. Sachdev, et al., published “Integration of Pharmacists into Team-based Ambulatory Care Practice Models” in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 2015;72:745–51.

Thom Thibeault (World Languages and Cultures) presented “Using FLAn to Create Instructional Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages” at the annual conference of the National Council on Less Commonly Taught Languages in Washington, D.C., April 25.

Frank Thielman (Divinity) conducted a two-part seminar on “Preaching the Parables” July 7 at the E. K. Bailey Expository Preaching Conference sponsored by Concord Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.

Terri Wensel (Pharmacy) presented a program entitled “Medication Adherence” at the Alabama Pharmacy Association’s annual convention in June.

Heather West (World Languages and Cultures) was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes academiques (Knight of the Order of Academic Palms) April 29 by the Government of France. She will be awarded the medallion of the Order of the Consel General to the U.S. Southeast during a ceremony at a time to be arranged. The award recognizes those who have rendered eminent service to French education and have contributed actively to the prestige of French culture. It was created by Napoleon I in 1808. West also was named Contest Administrator of the Year

May 2 by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) for the Grand Concours (the National French Contest). She has adminis-tered the contest in Alabama for the past four years. She was recognized at the AATF national convention July 8–11 in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada.

Tom Woolley (Business) and Marshall Cates (Pharmacy) presented “Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes toward Provision of Pharmaceutical Care to Mentally Ill Patients Are Improved After Participation in a Psychiatric Pharmacy Clinical Rotation” at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Virtual Poster Symposium May 19.

Rusty Yerkes (Business) presented “Bloomberg for Academic Research” at the Bloomberg Education Symposium June 26 in New York City. Attending were 120 finance professors representing 85 universities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil and UK. n

4 Inside Samford

Out & About cont. from page 2

Congratulations to . . . • Corey Johnson (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and his wife, Julie, on the May 12 birth of their son, Samuel Marc

Sympathy is expressed to . . . • Della Fancher (Education) in the May 29 death of her mother, Liddy Wills Fancher, of Columbiana, Alabama• Emily Hynds (Mathematics and Computer Science) in the June 8 death of her father, George Johnson, of Columbia, South Carolina • Joe Lewis (Provost, ret.) in the July 20 death of his wife, Shirley, of Homewood• Judi Moore (Printing) in the July 7 death of her father• Debi Whitcomb (Technology Services) in the July 5 death of her father, John Lynn Steger, of Symsonia, Kentucky, and the June 2 death of her stepfather, Sam Reeder, of Hoover• Tim Wolfe (Academic Grants) in the June 14 death of his father, Robert Wolfe, of Montgomery, Alabama n

FYITechnology Services Has Movedto Davis Library Lower Level The Samford Technology Services Desk has moved to Davis Library. The new location on the lower level of the library is more centrally located to provide additional convenience for everyone. Onsite staff members are available Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Calls are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Email messages are answered during regular business hours. The email address is support@samford.edu. All services provided by Technology Services staff may be requested by contacting the Service Desk at 726-2662, by sending an email or by stopping by the desk during regular office hours. n

New Faculty cont. from page 1

Arts and Sciences—Brad C. Bennett, Joanna Bradley, Ashley George, Amanda R. Howard, Virginia M. Johnson, Jennifer M. McClure, Frank Patane, Kenda Rigdon, Mary Anne Sahawneh, Timothy Sutton, Dale Wilger Business—Alan Blankley, Michelle Newberry Divinity—Gerald R. McDermott, Grant Taylor Education—Diana Cheshire, Julie P. Hannah, Steven Wall Health Professions—Candice Adams-Mitchell, Kelly Bagby, Darrell Jon Gililland, Carol Koch, Gilaine Nettles, Joseph Pederson, Hollea Ryan, Nicholas Washmuth Library—William Lance Day, Lauren Young Nursing—Moniaree Jones, Delta (Ren) Pate, Angela O. Wilson Pharmacy—Jennie Katherine Boyd, John Anthony Galdo. Public Health—Rachel Copeland, Miriam Gaines, Rachel Hagues, Suresh Mathews n