Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2008-03-05

Habitat for Humanity International founder Millard Fuller will present this year's James A. Auchmuty Lecture at 极乐禁地 Thursday, March 13. The former Habitat president will speak at 10 a.m. in Reid Chapel. The public is invited.

Fuller's 29-year leadership forged Habitat into a worldwide Christian housing ministry, building 200,000 homes with projects in 100 countries worldwide. In 2005, he and a group of partners founded the Fuller Center for Housing, another vehicle to use toward eliminating poverty housing.

A reception and book signing for the new biography on Linda and Millard Fuller, The House That Love Built, will follow the speech.

The Auchmuty Lecture was established in 2004 by Birmingham's Shades Crest Baptist Church in partnership with 极乐禁地's Resource Center for Pastoral Excellence to honor the church's retired pastor. Dr. Auchmuty, a 1957 极乐禁地 graduate, served the church for 27 years.

 
极乐禁地 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, 极乐禁地 is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 极乐禁地 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. 极乐禁地 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.