The annual J. Roderick Davis Lecture is Howard College of Arts and Science's main event. Each year's topic concerns important issues, current events and historic milestones reflecting Samford's commitment to a broad liberal arts education. This lecture series honors J. Roderick Davis, a 1958 Howard College alumnus and later the dean of Samford's Howard College of Arts and Sciences. When he retired from his office in 2001, his colleagues established this lecture series in his name to bring recognized scholars and public intellectuals to Samford University's campus.
Howard College of Arts and Sciences annual J. Roderick Davis Lecture is back Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. Atmospheric scientist Katherine Hayhoe is the keynote speaker. Hayhoe is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy, a Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and the Political Science Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Public Law in the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University. The lecture's theme is TBA.