Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2009-04-06

Beebe Ray "Bee" Frederick III, a junior communication studies major from Montgomery, has been elected 2009-2010 president of the Samford University Student Government Association.

Frederick was elected last week by vote of the undergraduate student body.

Other newly elected SGA officers are Sam Dickerson of Booneville, Miss., vice president for senate; Jay Harper of Clinton, Ark., vice president for events; Terra Garmon of Gadsden, vice president for programming; and Tessa Pitts of Lanett, vice president for development.

The officers will take office at a banquet on Tuesday, April 28.

 
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 5,791 students from 49 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.