Published on May 1, 2017  

Last Friday, the laptop computer for one of our students was stolen.  Megan Mileski, a faculty member in our Ida Moffett School of Nursing and an advisor to Chi Omega, wrote to me to say that, quickly and without fanfare, through a bundle of small contributions from the young ladies, the members purchased a new laptop for the student and presented it to her last night.  “I have never felt so humbled or overwhelmed with gratitude in my entire life,” wrote the student in an Instagram posting last night, with an accompanying photograph, holding her new MacBook Pro.    

The world is better because spontaneous kindness is routine at Samford.

 
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.