For Learning
Rigorous academic programs, robust experiential learning opportunities and world-renowned faculty combine to ensure that students graduate prepared to excel. Explore some of the accomplishments of our students, faculty and programs.
Student Accolades
Sadie Odom, a law, politics and society major, was selected for the prestigious Penn Law Global Institute for Human Rights.
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In an effort to promote opportunities for women in the male-dominated disciplines of finance and economics, business students and faculty established the charter chapter of Finance and Economics Women, the first undergraduate student organization in the country for this field.
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The internationally renowned A Cappella Choir is celebrating its 80th anniversary with special events and an international tour and competition. The choir has recently won grand prizes in two international competitions.
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History, global and cultural studies, and Spanish alumna Keely Smith was named one of 11 national Lilly Graduate Fellows.
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Will Hammonds ’19 and Brandon Powell ’19 placed 2nd among 138 teams from pharmacy schools across the country in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ national Clinical Skills Competition.
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Computer science majors Gabriela Hoefer and Anisha Nizar Ali earned six awards at multiple computer science competitions and professional conferences.
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Faculty Accolades
World-renowned scholar Douglas A. Sweeney became the 2nd dean of Beeson Divinity School.
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Assistant professor Patty Jumbo-Lucioni and her collaborators were awarded a pilot grant from the Nathan Shock Center for Excellence in the Biology of Aging—in addition to a supplemental grant from the National Institutes of Health—to expand her research related to Alzheimer’s disease in fruit fly models.
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Anna McEwan, an accomplished administrator and educator, was named dean of Orlean Beeson School of Education.
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Matthew Ford, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy, earned the Alabama Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association's 2019 Marilyn Gossman Award for Professionalism in Physical Therapy.
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Professor Ellen Buckner was named a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice in Nursing.
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Roy Ciampa, chair of Samford’s Department of Biblical and Religious Studies, was one of four scholars honored for excellence in scholarship at the Southeastern Theological Fellowship meeting at the annual conference of the Evangelical Theological Society.
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Academic Program Accolades
Ida Moffett School of Nursing launched the school’s first residency program utilizing a $3.5 million Advanced Nursing Education—Nurse Practitioner Residency Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration.
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Samford was one of only two university sports marketing programs in the country invited to attend the ESPNW Summit in New York City, a conference that aims to unite professional women working in the sports industry.
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The Department of Theatre and Dance swept the 2018-19 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards with 11 awards going to the Children of Eden production.
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In partnership with Samford’s Center for Sports Analytics and SAS, and through the generous support of alumnus M. Chad Trull ‘05, Brock School of Business opened the M. Chad Trull/Krowten Capital LLC Data and Sports Analytics Lab.
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Ida Moffett School of Nursing and Samford’s School of Public Health received a $1.3 million grant to expand its community-based experiential student training. The funds will allow social work and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students to be trained on substance abuse disorder prevention, treatment and recovery services with a focus on opioid-use disorder.
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The Mentors for Aspiring Principals program was established by Orlean Beeson School of Education to provide strong opportunities for aspiring principals to develop their leadership skills while engaging in practical leadership experiences in schools.
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