Terri Cahoon wrote to me recently of the remarkable impact of our nurse anesthesia program:

"Although we have just graduated our fifth class for a total of 102 graduates, our program is well represented in our professional organization. The board of directors of the Alabama Association of Nurse Anesthetists has five of the seven director positions filled by Samford graduates: Senior directors – David Fort, David Hambright, and Jen Overton, directors – Heather Fields and Andrew Morris. I am most excited about Heather Rankin, a member of our inaugural class of 2005, who has served as a director for three years and is currently serving as President-elect. These graduates represent Samford well as they daily minister to patients and their families in the stressful time of surgery and as they serve their colleagues in leading our professional organization to fulfill its mission, 'Advancing patient safety and excellence in anesthesia.' How incredibly blessed we are to have such amazing people affiliated with our program!"

The world is better because of our contributions to health care.

 
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.