Published on September 26, 2016  

Tom Woolley and I will be on hand to receive the award. The Washington Center now serves as home base for our students who wish to gain valuable experience in DC as they contemplate career options. Later today I'll visit with Austin Ferrer, a Samford senior, at his work assignment on Capitol Hill. If Austin chooses a career in DC, he will add his name to a long list of distinguished Samford graduates who are currently involved in providing service to the country and shaping public policy.

The world is better because of the influence of Samford graduates in places of power.

 
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.