Mike Ledgerwood, Chair of World Languages and Cultures, passed along word to me from the recent Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers meeting in Huntsville.  Our own Heather West became President of the organization; Millicent Bolden was chosen as Outstanding Post-Secondary Teacher; a recent alumna, Heather Chynoweth, was chosen as Promising New Teacher; and the keynote speaker, Vicki Alvis, is also a Samford alumna (as well as a recent recipient of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Outstanding Secondary Teacher).  In addition, Mike said that a group of Samford students won the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language's award for best video podcast in the post-secondary category, winning both the popular vote and the vote of the judges.  (Brad Creed referred to this series of victories as the equivalent of the Ben-Hur harvest of the Oscars in 1959!)

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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 5,791 students from 49 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 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.