Haiti Q&A Video Posted

After the jump is video footage from the Question & Answer session from January 29 concerning the OBBSEPS students who were in Haiti. The video runs about the 35 minutes.

Interior Design Website Wins ADDY Award

The Interior Design website recently won a Birmingham Advertising Federation of America Gold award in the 2010 ADDY awards.  The ADDY Awards is the world’s largest advertising competition with over 50,000 entries annually.  Special thanks to Scott Fisk, Assistant Professor in Graphic Design and Samford student Sharon Duckworth. The Addy awards ceremony was on Sunday February 8, 2010  and the INTD site won both the Gold Student Addy and the Student Best of Show awards.

The site can be viewed at http://education.samford.edu/intd/index.html

February Birthdays!

Happy Birthday to:

Linda Abbott [ADP] – February 7

Charles Ford [INTD] – February 16

Jeannie Krumdieck [INTD] – February 18

Stacy Fines [FAMS & INTD] – February 24

OBBSEPS Students Continue to Raise Awareness for Haiti

We featured OBBSEPS students Katie Snider, Megan Scott, and Anna McKoy on The Link a couple weeks ago about their experiences in Haiti before, during and, after the earthquake of January 12. Since then they have been speaking to various groups and organizations across campus and across town (including an OBBSEPS Q&A last Friday). With the help of Samford Communications, the students have created a video telling their story to raise more awareness to a wider audience.

Specifically Katie, Megan, and Anna are raising awareness for Canaan Orphanage, the orphanage/ministry they were serving in before the earthquake occurred. The students are featured in this week’s edition of The Belltower, Samford’s weekly online newsletter. Click through to view the embedded video as well as links to The Belltower article and Canaan Orphanage. We will also be posting the half-hour Q&A session from last Friday on The Link this week, so be sure to check back in.

Gerhardt and FAMS Students in India

Clara Gerhardt (Family Studies) and Kurt Selles (Global Center) took eight students to India for 17 days in December and January for the Golden Jubilee Anniversary Conference of the Union of Evangelical Students of  North East India, near Shillong,  Meghalaya.  Gerhardt also taught a Family Studies course:  “Multicultural Perspectives” in India.

 

Family Studies students:  Lindsey Horne (left) and Marianne Carlson (right) with Dr. Clara Gerhardt in Guwahati, India

Terry Wins Dietician of the Year Award

Dr. Pat Terry, Director of the Nutrition and Dietetics program at Samford University has received the Birmingham District Dietetic Association (BDDA) Outstanding Dietitian of the Year Award for 2009. The BDDA is part of the Alabama Dietetic Association (ALDA) and both groups are affiliates of the American Dietetic Association.  Dr. Terry also won this same award in 1998 – so double congratulations go to her for receiving this award again! For more information on the Nutrition and Dietetics program at Samford University go to http://education.samford.edu/essm/majors/ntdt.asp.

Alabama Reading Initiative Training Conducted in OBB

On January 25, 26 and 28, 2010 Alabama Reading Initiative Training was offered in the School of Education and Professional Studies. The course was taught by Dr. Gladys Casanova (a Samford Graduate), Deborah Fitzgerald and Barbara Autrey. These presenters lead our students in three days of reading development and content strategies that will be helpful to them as they enter into their Student Teaching placements. We have 26 Collaborative Student Teachers, 8 Fifth Year Non-Traditional Student Teachers, 5 Music Education Student Teachers and 2 Secondary Student Teachers. This training was offered by the State Department of Education as part of an effort to try and promote a Collaborative Literacy Partnership with Higher Education.

Students to Share about Haiti Experience

Katie Snider, Megan Scott, and Anna McKoy will share about their experience of being in Haiti during the time of the earthquake.

 Join us on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 3 pm in OBB 233.

 Also, scroll down for other stories related to the Haiti experience.

Persall Wins George Macon Award

Dr. Maurice Persall, Chair of the Graduate Studies Department, was honored today with the George Macon Memorial Award. Dr. Persall has served at Samford for 16 years and has been the guiding force behind the creation, development, and growth of the graduate programs in the school of education and professional studies. The program includes master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees. The success of the graduate programs under Dr. Persall’s leadership is the primary reason that a department solely focused on the graduate programs was created in 2009. Maurice is a mentor and friend to many and we are very proud of his accomplishments.

More information about the award …

Haiti Update from OBBSEPS Student

The following update is written by OBBSEPS student, Katie Snider, who was in Haiti during last week’s earthquake:

“Thank you all for all of your prayers over the past week.  I never expected this trip to turn out like it did, but it has been quite a rollercoaster ride.  I know we could not have gotten through without God’s provision and safety and all of your prayers.

We were picked up at Montrouis in a Blackhawk by the Puerto Rican Coast Guard.  This was a blessing in itself because without the helicopter picking us up right where we were in Haiti there would have been no way for us to leave.  Once picked up, the copter took us to the airport in Port to wait while it ran a couple of errands and then picked us back up to take us to the Dominican Republic.