Published on April 19, 2021  

In addition to the financial sacrifices many of them make to enable a Samford education for their sons and daughters, they write to us, encourage us and pray for us. 

One of those parents is Dr. Scott Sager, father of Anna Sager, a graduating senior.  Scott is the Vice President for Church Services at Lipscomb University, so he is heavily invested in the lives of students and employees there—but he has found time over the past four years to lend steadfast encouragement to many of us at Samford.  I owe him a great debt for his ministry to me, beginning even before Anna enrolled at Samford.  His recent book, Jesus in Isolation:  Lazarus, Viruses, and Us, is a vivid and thoughtful reminder of the hope we have in Christ. 

The world is better because of Scott Sager and the thousands of parents to lend their support to Samford.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, 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 enrolls 6,324 students from 44 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. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.