Provost Search Committee Plans to Have Candidate by April Dennis

Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education
Tom and Marla Corts Distinguished Author Series
presents
Laura Bush
Thursday, March 26
tickets.samford.edu
A newsletter for
Quotable
S
amford faculty experts share
thoughts with media.
Randolph Horn (Political Science)
to The Anniston Star Feb. 6 on the
little political polarization that
respondents showed in a recent
Public Affairs Research Council of
Alabama public opinion survey on
health care, education and
corrections.
“The political system and public are
not always super-aligned. There are
a lot of people more in the middle.”
The only question that received
responses strongly tied to a political
party was one that concerned
Medicaid, he said.
Carol Ratcliffe (Nursing) to CBS
42 Feb. 1 on differences in medical
costs at various types of hospitals.
“You should never assume that the
cheaper option for a procedure
necessarily means lower quality
health care or that the most
expensive procedure will mean the
best health care.”
Frances Carter (retired Education,
founder of American Rosie the
Riveter Association) to al.com/The
Birmingham News Feb. 4 on the
important work that women did
during World War II.
“We established a legacy of opening
the door, breaking the glass ceiling.
Women can work now in almost
any sort of occupation.” n
faculty, staff and friends of Samford University • March 2015
Provost Search Committee Plans
to Have Candidate by April
Sodexo Seeks ‘Good
and Bad’ in Rant or
Rave
D
S
ennis Samson, chair of
Samford University’s Provost
Search Committee, said President
Andrew Westmoreland’s goal of
having a candidate for campus-wide
interviews in April can be met.
The committee met for the
seventh time Monday, Feb. 23, and
the prevailing attitude was one of
determination to meet both the goal
and assignment, according to
Samson. The committee will meet
again March 3. Other members include Garry
Atkins, student affairs; Buck Brock,
business and financial affairs; Kristi
Chandler, human development and
family science; graduate student
Rachel Cobble; Kathryn Fouse, arts;
undergraduate student Hunter
Gibbs; Denise Gregory, diversity
and intercultural initiatives; Woody
Hartzog, law; Kim Herndon,
libraries; Emily Hynds, mathematics; Margaret Johnson, communication sciences and disorders; Dave
Luthin, pharmacy; undergraduate
student Laura Ann Prickett;
Sharron Schlosser, nursing; Frank
Thielman, divinity; graduate
student Cam Thomas; Tom Woolley,
business; and Debi Whitcomb,
technology services.
“I am grateful to the 19
members of the faculty,
­administration, staff and student
body who have agreed to assist us
with the important task,” said
­Westmoreland.
Likewise, Sansom lauded the
makeup of the committee, noting
that every aspect of the university’s
work was represented. “There is no
ideological divide or conflict in this
committee, although there is
diversity of opinion,” he said.
“However, members are able to
reason with each other and reach a
conclusion.”
According to Sansom, most of
the meetings to date have been
introductory. “We wanted to build
trust, disclose our love for Samford
and identify the issues the new
provost will face,” Samson said.
Among those issues are a
student body that is both undergraduate and graduate, the mission
of Samford as a Christian institution
and Samford’s commitment to
academic excellence.
Working with and advising the
committee is Diversfied Search,
with national headquarters in
Atlanta. However, the person
assigned to the committee is Gene
Head, who is a member of the
Howard College of Arts and
Sciences Advisory Committee and
an alumnus of Samford who has
worked with other search
­committees at Samford.
All candidates will be con­
sidered by Diversified Search, who
will then provide the provost search
committee a packet of approxi­
mately two dozen candidate
applications for consideration,
Sansom said.
Samson noted that while a
suggested job description was
provided by the national search
firm, the committee had made
“lots of changes” to it and had
come up with a three-page
description based on the
­committee’s ­recommendations.
Information about the search
can be found at samford.edu/
provost. n
ince taking over food service at
Samford in August 2014, Sodexo
has attempted to solicit “good, bad
and ugly” comments about its
products and services from students
and employees.
“We want to know what YOU
think,” reads a flyer, email message
and the company’s website. “Tell us
about it.”
A customer can talk to a
manager or supervisor, and Sodexo
manager Brent Bolton said he
prefers a face-to-face response.
Comments also can be made at
samford.sodexomyway.com, via
email to Bolton at jbolton2@
samford.edu or via Twitter
@SamfordDining. No matter which
medium a customer uses, Bolton
said, “tell us about it.”
According to Bolton, Sodexo has
received much feedback about the
dining program. “We use this to
help improve and maintain the
Samford dining program,” he said.
“We need to hear how we are doing,
whether the feedback is good or
bad.”
All facilities are included in the
response effort, according to Bolton,
including the main dining hall, also
known as the caf, the food court,
Rotunda Club, concessions and
catering services. n
in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug
Safety, vol 3, issue 4.
Carlos E. Aleman (History) will
speak in Selma on March 7 during
the 50th anniversary of the Bridge
Crossing Jubilee commemorating
Bloody Sunday and passage of the
Voting Rights Act, on “Alabama
Unafraid: Latino Immigrant
Activists Post HB 56.”
Jim Angel (Kinesiology) was
inducted into the Inaugural Boys
and Girls Club of Miami-Dade
(Florida) Hall of Fame.
Lisa Battaglia (Religion) published
an article, “Becoming Bhikkhuni¯?
Mae Chis and the Global Women’s
Ordination Movement” in the
Journal of Buddhist Studies, vol 22,
2015.
Jongwha Chang (Pharmacy) was
named to the editorial board for two
journals, International Journal of
Research in Pharmacy and
Biosciences, and Journal of
Pharmaceutical Care & Health
Systems. He has published two
articles, “The Effect of Health
Information Technology Adoption
and Hospital-Physician Integration
on Hospital Efficiency” American
Journal of Managed Care, vol 20 (11
Spec No. 17): eSP9-eSP15, and
“Trend of Male Circumcision and
HIV Prevention of Heterosexually
Acquired HIV in a Special
Population: South Korea,” Advances
Bill Nunnelley
Editor
Janica York Carter
Director of Creative Operations
Scott Camp
Senior Graphic Designer
Julie Beckwith
Editorial Assistant
205-726-2800
wanunnel@samford.edu
©2015 Samford University
Deadline for next issue:
March 16, 2015
Produced by Samford Office of Marketing and Communication
2 Inside Samford
Stephen Chew (Psychology)
presented “To Click or Not to Click:
Technology, Pedagogy and Student
Learning” to the faculty at The
Altamont School. He also was
invited guest host for #psychat, a
virtual meeting of high school
teachers of psychology on Twitter.
Peggy Connell and Jane Cobia
(Educational Leadership) presented
at the Hawaii International
Conference on Education in
Honolulu Jan. 4–8.
Larry Davenport (Biological &
Environmental Sciences) was
appointed to a three-year term on
the Board of Directors of the
Freshwater Land Trust. He replaces
Mike Howell (ret., Biology).
Scott Fisk (Arts) won a Gold AVA
Digital Award for the website design
of www.fourcornersgalleryonline.
com. The competition was
sponsored by the Association of
Marketing and Communications
Professionals. Of the 2,100 entries,
only 16% won gold awards.
Bob Henderson and Paula
Thompson (Pharmacy) had an
article published in the January
issue of Journal of Medical Cases,
“Severe Symptomatic ­Hyponatremia
Due to Syndrome of Inappropriate
Antidiuretic Hormone from Mild
Closed Head Trauma and
­Concussion” 2015; 6(1): 27–29.
Cynthia Frownfelter Lohrke
(Business) won Best Education
Paper at the national midyear
meeting of the Accounting
Information System Section of the
American Accounting Association
in Charleston, South Carolina, Jan.
24. Her paper discusses how to
teach appropriate Excel spreadsheet
design to students and managers.
Franz Lohrke (Business) was
appointed to direct the Innovation
and Creativity Track for the
upcoming International Council of
Small Business (ICSB) Conference
in Dubai, UAE, in June. This is his
third recent national or inter­
national appointment. He finished a
two-year term as a senior vice
president of the U.S. Association
for Small Business and
­Entrepreneurship in January and
Aleman
McCarty
currently serves on the executive
board of the of the Academy of
Management’s Entrepreneurship
Division.
Sheree Martin (Journalism and
Mass Communication) served on
the social media team for the 24th
annual Southern Sustainable
Agriculture Working Group
conference to promote sustainable
agriculture Jan. 15–17.
Sara Helms McCarty (Business)
is secretary/treasurer for the
­Association of Christian
­Economists.
Mary McCullough (World
Languages) presented a paper,
“Teaching WWII in French
Classes,” at the Alabama
­Association of Foreign Language
Teacher’s Conference at Auburn–
Montgomery Jan. 30–31.
Kenneth Roxburgh (Religion) led
the Winter Bible study at Maylene
Community Baptist on the “Psalms
of Ascent.” He will continue to be
preaching interim at Southside
Baptist Church in Birmingham
through June.
Dennis L. Sansom (Philosophy)
presented a paper, “Lessons from
St. Peter of Damaskos: ‘The Eight
Stages of Contemplation’ in the
Philokalia” to the Faith and the
Academy Conference, Faulkner
University, Feb. 5. His paper, “If
Christian Ethics is Distinctively
Christian, Then Can it be a
Legitimate Ethics?” was accepted
for publication in the Fall 2015
issue of The Journal of Faith and
the Academy.
James Strange (Religion) lectured
Feb. 7 at Temple Beth-El on the
topic, “An Introduction to the
Archaeology of Galilee and Early
Judaism.” He also spoke Feb. 11 at
the Rotary Club of Trussville on the
topic, “Village Life in Roman
Galilee.”
Henderson
Thompson
Corky Strickland (Law) was
interviewed Feb 13 by WBHM on
the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of
Appeals denying the Alabama
Attorney General’s Motion to Stay
implementation of the order of the
U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Alabama, which held
that Alabama’s prohibition of
same-sex marriage violates the
14th Amendment of the U.S.
­Constitution.
Julie Williams (Journalism and
Mass Communication) will appear
April 13 on PBS’s Antiques
Roadshow, showing some of her
Titanic memorabilia.
Tom Woolley, George Keller,
Wilton Bunch, Josh Reeves and
Steve Donaldson, Fellows from
the Center for Science and Religion,
partnered with Michael Wilson
(Resource Center for Pastoral
Excellence) to conduct a science
and religion workshop for ministers
in January at First Baptist Church
Huntsville, which attracted
attendees from a variety of
denominations. n
Wednesday, March 11
Della Fancher, Lynda Reynolds, David Vest
• 6 p.m., Baseball: Samford vs. Alabama
A&M, Griffin Field
Thursday, March 12
MarchCalendar
(Birthdays are listed in red.)
Sunday, March 1
Jennifer Epperson, Jennifer Layton, Morgan
Ponder
• 2 p.m., Women’s Tennis: Samford vs.
Kennesaw State University, Samford Tennis
Complex
WalterClepper(ret.),LoreeCrenshaw(ret.),Doug
Hamilton (ret.), Danielle Ivey, Chris Roper
• 6 p.m., Woodrow Wilson Visiting Lecture
presents Barbara Gottschalk, cofounder,
Seeds of Peace, Howard Room, University
Center
Friday, March 13
Thursday, March 26
Myralyn Allgood (ret.), Al DelGreco, Mark
Digiorgio, Ryan Galloway, Lance Hand,
Betsy Rogers
Tuesday, March 3
Saturday, March 14
Patricia Goodman, Glenn Schneider, Liz
Sorrell (ret.)
• 3 p.m., Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing
White Coat Ceremony, Reid Chapel
• 6 p.m., Baseball: Samford vs. UAB, Griffin
Field
• 7:30 p.m., Samford Orchestra concert,
Brock Recital Hall
• 8 p.m., Wright Center Signature Series
presents Eisenhower Dance Motown in
Motion, Wright Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 4
Leah Ashworth-Edge, Mark Bateman,
Gregory Kawell, Frankie Wallis
• 3 p.m., Men’s Tennis: Samford vs. Stetson,
Samford Tennis Complex
Thursday, March 5
James Angel, Dick Bodenhamer, Ken
Kirby(ret.), Linda Sneed (ret.)
Friday, March 6
Mike Myers
• 5:30 p.m., Choral Vespers featuring A
Cappella Choir, Hodges Chapel
• 7:30 p.m., Wright Center Signature Series
presents Mummenschanz, Wright Center
Concert Hall
Saturday, March 7
Larissa Charny, Chiwannia Smart
• 10 a.m., Men’s Tennis: Samford vs. Jackson
State, Samford Tennis Complex
• 8 p.m., Alabama Symphony Orchestra
presents the music of Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Wright Center Concert Hall
Sunday, March 8
Niki Lincoln, Janet Smith, Monica Sun
• 4 p.m., Harlem Globetrotters, Hanna
Center
Monday, March 9
Patricia Romero Munoz, Dale Skelton
• Men’s Golf: Samford Invitational, Shoal
Creek County Club
Tuesday, March 10
Shane Both, Sherri Brown, Laura Byland,
Amy Kester, Fred Rogan, Abby Turner
• Men’s Golf: Samford Invitational, Shoal
Creek County Club
Wednesday, March 25
Susan Alverson (ret.), Lisa Battaglia, Emily
Gettys, Mike Jackson, Steven Jones, Stacia
Kolb, Alisa McCool
• 10 a.m., Spring Graduate Fair, Hanna
Center
• 10 a.m., Legacy League meeting featuring
Joe and Suzanne Hopkins, President’s Home
Thomas Annino, Anna Meador, Tom Spencer,
Sid Trant
• Track and Field: I-65 Classic Invitational
• 2 p.m., Men’s Tennis: Samford vs. UNCG,
Samford Tennis Complex
• 7:30 p.m., OperaBirmingham presents La
Boheme, Wright Center Concert Hall
Monday, March 2
Women’s Golf: Samford Intercollegiate,
Hoover, Alabama
• 7:30 p.m., Davis Architects Guest Artist
Series presents Brentano String Quartet,
Brock Recital Hall
MarySueBaldwin,CliffBooth,JillCunningham,
Sean Flynt, Roy Oliver (ret.), Tamika Reeves,
Chandra Sparks Splond
• Track and Field: I-65 Classic Invitational
• 12 p.m., Women’s tennis: Samford vs.
Tulane, Samford Tennis Complex
Sunday, March 15
Herb Brooks, Teresa Luke
• 4 p.m., Harlem Globetrotters, Hanna
Center
Monday, March 16
Debbie Adams (ret.), Brian Koonce, Dino
Theodorou
Tuesday, March 17
AshleyHill,SueMueller,JimReburn,BenYancey
Wednesday, March 18
Ben Ashford, Wendy Greene
Thursday, March 19
Eric Allen, Art Carden, Gregory Gorman, Peter
Malysz
Friday, March 20
Robin Beardsley, Randi Bourdages, Jeff Bramer,
DavidFrings,NirmalaPareek(ret.),KathyWalton
• 6 p.m., Baseball: Samford vs. Furman,
Griffin Field
• 7:30 p.m., Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Classical Masters concert, Brock Recital Hall
Saturday, March 21
George Atchley (ret.), James Barnette, Anne
Covington,EricMathis,R.ScottRobertson,Fred
Teardo
• 2 p.m., Baseball: Samford vs. Furman,
Griffin Field
Sunday, March 22
Martha Alverson (ret.), Teddy Champion,
Arlene Hayne, Jaime Ivie, Nia Johnson,
Michael Teel
• 1 p.m., Baseball: Samford vs. Furman,
Griffin Field
Shannon Flynt, Serena Simoni, Victoria Smith,
Craig Stephens, Katherine Thomas
• 7 p.m., Tom and Marla Corts Distinguished
Authors Series presents Laura Bush, Wright
Center Concert Hall
Friday, March 27
Betty Hopson (ret.), Joe Hubbard
• 7:30 p.m., Michael. J. and Mary Anne
Freeman Theatre and Dance Series presents
The Skin of Our Teeth, Harrison Theatre
Saturday, March 28
Garry Atkins
• 10:30 a.m., Women’s tennis: Samford vs.
Furman, Samford Tennis Complex
• 7:30 p.m., Michael. J. and Mary Anne
Freeman Theatre and Dance Series presents
The Skin of Our Teeth, Harrison Theatre
Sunday, March 29
Deborah Camel (ret.), Matilda Easterbrook
• 12 p.m., Women’s Tennis: Samford vs.
Wofford, Samford Tennis Complex
• 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Michael. J. and Mary
Anne Freeman Theatre and Dance Series
presents The Skin of Our Teeth, Harrison
Theatre
Monday, March 30
Charlotte Baughn, Melanie Butts, Carlo
Chiarenza,JohnCulpepper,MartinNewton,Mary
Worthington
Tuesday, March 31
Scott Littleton
• 6 p.m., Baseball: Samford vs. Auburn,
Griffin Field n
Congratulations to . . .
• Sara Helms (Business) on her
Jan. 17 marriage to Doug McCarty
Sympathy is expressed to . . .
• The family and friends of Gene
Black (Music, ret.), who died Feb.
25. Black was a former Samford
professor, dean of music and
longtime director of the A Cappella
Choir. He retired in 2000 after a
35-year career at Samford.
• Marshall Cates (Pharmacy) on
the Feb. 7 death of his stepfather,
Robert Evander Palmer IV of
Memphis, Tennessee
• Angela Ferguson (Global
Engagement) on the Feb. 3 death of
her father, Rev. Robert Ferguson of
Mandeville, Louisiana
• Lisa Imbragulio (Business and
Financial Affairs) on the Feb. 11
death of her mother-in-law, Hazel
Imbragulio of Birmingham n
Samford News
Now there are more ways than ever
to keep up with Samford news
between issues of Inside Samford:
• Daily—News and feature stories
are posted at www.samford.edu.
• Belltower—Samford’s weekly
electronic newsletter is distributed
on Wednesdays and includes
up-to-date campus news and alumni
information. To subscribe, email
bltwr@samford.edu.
• Social Media—Samford is also
on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and
other social media sites. To stay
connected with what is happening
on campus and to find out more, go
to www.samford.edu and follow the
links.n
Monday, March 23
Eva Trinh
Women’s Golf: Samford Intercollegiate,
Hoover, Alabama
• 7:30 p.m., Wright Center Signature Series
presents Regina Carter, Wright Center
Concert Hall
Tuesday, March 24
Gay Barnes, Patty Dice, Leslie Teardo
3 Inside Samford