Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2011-03-31

Samford University Auxiliary will host an afternoon and evening with former Arkansas governor and U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee Tuesday, May 3.

The  events include a Town Hall meeting at 4 p.m. in Wright Center on the Samford campus, and a 6:30 p.m. private patron reception and 7:30 p.m. scholarship gala dinner, both at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala.

Proceeds will benefit the Samford Auxiliary’s Leslie Parkman Roe Scholarship for Missionary Dependents. Dr. Roe is a Samford graduate who grew up as a child of missionary parents in the Philippines, served as a missionary to China, and is now a physician in Virginia.

The Town Hall meeting will include a talk by Huckabee, followed by a question and answer session. Tickets are $10 adult and $5 student. They are available online and, space permitting, at the door.

Admission to the reception, which includes a photo with Huckabee, and dinner is $200 (total) per person. Admission to the dinner only is $100 per person.

Tickets may be purchased online or by calling Melissa Allphin at (205) 726-4373.

 
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 6,324 students from 44 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 is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. 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.