Published on April 30, 2018  

 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 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.