Published on April 18, 2002 by Mary Wimberley Â
Laura Evelyn Wilson, a junior elementary education major from Alabaster, has been elected president of the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Student Government Association. She was elected by vote of the undergraduate student body.
Other newly elected officers of the Samford student government executive council are: Joseph Brown Wells, Lexington, Ky., first vice president; Taylor Brooks, Round Rock, Texas, second vice president; and Matt Ullum, Louisville, Ky., treasurer.
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 6,101 students from 45 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 with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.