Lowell Vann, art professor at Samford University in Birmingham, was presented the school’s 2008–09 John H. Buchanan Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching on Aug. 25. After coming to the university in 1965, Vann served as chair of the Samford art department for 36 years. He holds a bachelor’s from Samford, a master’s from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa…