In the opening session, I did as I often do, calling a few current students (without warning) to the stage and then pitching questions to them.  My concluding question was, “What gives you hope?”  Grayson Hill, a senior from Cordova, Tennessee, had perhaps the most poignant reply.  I don’t have a recording of his remarks, but a close paraphrase would be along these lines:  we all struggle, and Samford is a good place for struggling.   

The world is better because of the clear, strong, humble, hopeful voice of students like Grayson Hill.