Published on November 21, 2018 by Sarah Cain
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Samford University has scheduled a commencement ceremony Dec. 15 for the 325 students expected to graduate at the end of the fall semester.
The joint ceremony will honor graduates of Brock School of Business, School of the Arts, College of Health Sciences, Cumberland School of Law, Howard College of Arts and Sciences, and Orlean Beeson School of Education. It will be held at 10 a.m. in Pete Hanna Center.
Timothy George, founding dean of Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School, will serve as the commencement speaker.
In a separate ceremony, Beeson Divinity School’s commencement and consecration service will be held Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. in Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel.
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.