Published on February 13, 2017  

One evening last week, as we welcomed guests for dinner, Elizabeth Poulos and Juliette Stanley were our student hosts.  They are each seniors and their academic interests have spanned the breadth of our undergraduate programs.  Their faithful testimonies were full of illustrations of the ways in which their experiences at Samford have prepared them for graduate school and for life.  That evening, listening to them, I was reminded again of my gratitude for our students and for Samford employees—faculty and staff—who contribute so much to their success.

The world is better because of Juliette Stanley, Elizabeth Poulos and all of our Samford Ambassadors.

 
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.