Published on January 5, 2015
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Last month we hosted Rev. Howard Golden and his family and friends on campus to celebrate his service through a program now known as the Ministry Training Institute. When Rev. Golden began teaching courses in the program almost 60 years ago it was called the “Howard Extension Division,” which was created to expand the base of theological education throughout Alabama. Rev. Golden’s efforts in recent years have focused on offering courses to inmates at prisons in the state, and his ministry has touched hundreds of lives at the Staton and Draper correctional facilities in Elmore County.
The world is better because of Howard Golden.
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.