Published on January 22, 2018
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In convocation tomorrow morning our Provost, Dr. Mike Hardin, will welcome and interview Dr. Charles L. Howard, the son of Audrey Lattimore Gaston Howard, the first African-American student to enroll at Samford. Dr. Howard serves as the University Chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania.
The world is better because of the important, meaningful contributions of Samford’s African-American students, faculty, staff and alumni.
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.