Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2001-08-09

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø will observe its 160th anniversary during the 2001-02 academic year with special events and activities.

Founded by Alabama Baptists in Marion in 1841, the school has grown from a student body of nine Alabama men to its present enrollment of some 4,500 men and women from 39 states and 26 foreign nations.

Beginning Aug. 16, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøanniversary banners will be displayed on campus and along the streets of Homewood. Special events to celebrate Samford's 160th year along with the city of Homewood's 75th anniversary are planned during the Sept. 15 football game in Seibert Stadium.

A new pictorial history, 160 Years of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, written by alumnus Sean A. Flynt, tells the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøstory largely through photographs from the school's three campuses in Marion, East Lake and Homewood. Published by Arcadia Publishing, the book is available in bookstores for $19.99.

Birmingham composer K. Lee Scott has been commissioned to compose an anniversary anthem which will be premiered by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍømusicians at a Dec. 7 concert.

Other plans call for playwriting students to each write a 10-minute play based on ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøhistory.

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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøis 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, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøis the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøenrolls 6,101 students from 45 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. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøfields 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.