Published on November 4, 2019
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On Friday and Saturday we’ll welcome thousands of alums and their family members and friends back to campus. I’m reminded this morning of a recent conversation with one of those alums, chatting with me about his college experience. He recounted his most difficult course at Samford, taught by a faculty member with high expectations. “I never worked harder in college than in that course, and I learned more in that course than in any other,” the graduate said to me.
The world is better because of the high expectations of the Samford faculty.
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.