Most Samford University students will return to campus in the next several days for the beginning of spring semester classes on Monday, Jan. 25. As of Jan. 21, a total of 4,449 students were enrolled for spring courses at Samford.
Samford provost Dr. Brad Creed will speak at the university’s opening convocation in Wright Center at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
The convocation will feature the presentation of two faculty awards: the George Macon Award for outstanding performance as a teacher, and the new Jennings B. Marshall Award for significant and sustained service contributions.
Students and faculty in Samford’s Beeson Divinity School will celebrate the 15th anniversary of its chapel during a separate convocation at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Beeson divinity dean Dr. Timothy George will speak during the service in A. Gerow Hodges Chapel.
The divinity school, established in 1988, dedicated its distinctive chapel in 1995. In 2002, the chapel, a spectacular demonstration of Protestant sacred art, was named for Andrew Gerow Hodges, a longtime trustee of Samford and personal friend of school benefactor Ralph W. Beeson.
Students in Samford’s Cumberland School of Law and McWhorter School of Pharmacy began spring courses earlier this month.