Samford University’s Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership presented its inaugural Leadership and Character Awards at a Nov. 15 ceremony.

Beginning this year, the awards will be given annually to students nominated by deans and other university executives and selected for their consistent leadership and strong character, including humility, courage, self-control and justice.

The 2013 honorees are:

Timothy Lewis (McWhorter School of Pharmacy)
Scott McKaig (Brock School of Business)
Clayton Hornback (Beeson Divinity School)
Bethany Orick (School of the Arts)
Cameron Thomas (Howard College of Arts & Sciences)
Caitlyn White (Cumberland School of Law)
Hannah Barnette (Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education)
Cari Gelderman (Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing)
Cody Russell (School of Health Professions)

Cameron Thomas earned the additional honor of the Mann Center’s Joe McDade Scholarship, which carries a one-time gift of approximately $3,000. The ideal nominee for the Joe McDade demonstrates a life and character lived in the spirit of Christ; a contribution to the overall betterment and wellbeing of the University; participation in a wide range of campus life; leadership ability; an embodiment of the overall goals, mission, and spirit of the University; and commitment to the long range development and wellbeing of the University.

“I am delighted that we have the opportunity to recognize students who have such great potential as men and women of character, and who are already making the most of that potential,” said Mann Center program manager Azalea Hulbert. “The quality of the inaugural cohort of students chosen for this award is outstanding, and represents the very best of Samford.”
 
Hulbert also expressed gratitude for the support of Samford alumni Joe McDade ('61) and Marvin L. Mann ('54,) who have made possible the awards and the larger work of the Mann Center.