Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2011-02-08
Samford University’s Black Student Union (BSU) will host a Unity Prayer Night for the campus community Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 4 p.m.
The event in Harry’s Coffeehouse in Beeson University Center will last about an hour and a half. Sponsored by BSU’s “One Voice,” it is presented as part of Black History Month observance.
After the prayer event, participants are invited to join together for dinner in the campus cafeteria.
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 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.