Published on April 30, 2018
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Jeanna and I assisted Joe and Suzanne Hopkins in welcoming guests for the performances. One of the guests, unaware that our students were the performers, asked during intermission if the cast was a touring company. “No, this is a student production,” I said, with a smile.
The world is better because of the students, faculty and staff in Samford’s School of the Arts.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, 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 enrolls 6,324 students from 44 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 is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second-highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.
