As I was leaving Davis Library one afternoon last week, a young lady (a freshman) stopped me to say how much she has enjoyed this semester at Samford.  We exchanged comments for a couple of minutes, then I asked, “So, where are you headed?”  She explained to me that she was on her way to the office of one of her faculty members to receive a “progress report,” so that she could best know how to prepare for the final weeks of the semester.  “I can’t imagine having this level of interaction with faculty anywhere else,” she said.  Because we were in the library, I had to resist the temptation to shout an enthusiastic reply. 

The world is better because Samford people go the extra mile. 

 

 
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.