Posted by Sean Flynt on 2008-02-18

Samford will host the second annual Birmingham Area Consortium for Higher Education (BACHE) Women's Conference on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. Alabama Women Shaping Public Policy: Education, Health Services, and Social Issues for Women will begin at 9:00 a.m. (register from 8:30) in Benjamin F. Harrison Theater, Bonnie Bolding Swearingen Hall.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is 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, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 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. Samford fields 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.