Published on March 28, 2016  

Four Samford students now know considerably more about Mauritius than the nation’s location, as they represented the country last week at the 2016 Model United Nations in New York.  Among the 5,000 students from 400 colleges and universities, the Samford delegation (Juliana Guzman, Marley Davis, Emily Praktish and Ella Oxley, along with advisor Dr. Serena Simoni) was awarded Honorable Mention status.  Following the conference, Marley Davis gave her own assessment of the most significant part of the experience:  “While we had time to explore New York City, what was more memorable was the connections we made with other national and international students.”    

 The world is better because of Samford’s engagement in understanding people from all nations.

 

 
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.