The Samford Parent Career Network is made up of willing volunteers who are interested in providing their professional knowledge and skills with Samford students preparing to join the workforce.

Thank you for your interest in sharing your career advice, contacts, and information about internship and full-time opportunities with students and alumni. Below, you will find a link to a form which will feed into a database our Career Development Center staff can use, as appropriate, when assisting students and alumni with career exploration, job and internship search, and more.

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One of Samford’s core values is to lead in service to God, to family, to one another and to the community. Parent and Family Engagement seeks to provide a variety of ways to support this effort.

Throughout the year, Samford Parents will find opportunities to engage in meaningful service.

• Family Weekend service project
• Annual Donation Drives
• Samford University Mission Trip

Annual Donation Drive

Samford University's Office of Parent and Family Engagement seeks to further one of Samford's core values, which is to lead in service to God, to family, to one another, and to the community, by organizing opportunities for Samford families to get involved in the community in impactful and positive ways. One of these opportunities is the Samford Parents Association's annual donation drive. Each year, the Parents Association works together to provide donations, rotating amongst campus, domestic, and international focused projects.

This year, on the Friday of Family Weekend, Samford families partnered with Alabama Baptist Children's Home, through the office of Community Engagement. The Samford community served this organization by donating and packing backpacks to give to foster children in need! We are thankful for this opportunity to serve boldly in our community. ⁠

72 students and parents participated in this project on that Friday, making 87 first-day bags which kids will receive upon entering foster care. Prior to this day, hundreds of families and Samford employees made gifts, contributing towards the purchase of supplies.

The representative from Alabama Baptist Children's Home, along with several of their colleagues who are Samford alumni, expressed their gratitude and excitement for the opportunity to reconnect with Samford in a new way. Our parent planning committee also did an outstanding job coordinating logistics and ensuring everything ran smoothly on the day of the event.

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Join Samford University, in partnership with the Samford office of Community Engagement, on this trip to Ecuador, March 7-14, 2026. Samford students, parents, alumni, faculty, and staff are invited to serve.

All air and ground transportation, lodging, meals, travel insurance, visas and translator expenses are included in the trip cost and may be tax-deductible.

A 2-3 hour orientation and training will be required of each participant.

For more details, visit Spring Break Mission Trip.
For questions, contact Debby Haralson, debra.haralson@samford.edu; 205-726-4366.

The EXCEL Leadership Certificate Program aims to equip, excite, and cultivate emerging leaders to develop critical skills in leadership and service. Our first cohort of students are emerging leaders who represent a variety of academic disciplines and leadership interests. We are actively recruiting potential mentors for the first cohort to be paired with a student mentee to meet once a month on campus for a time of encouragement, support, and mentoring in vocational calling, personal development, and leadership.

Become a Mentor