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.
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 6,101 students from 45 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 with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.
