Published on November 12, 2016 by Brad Radice Â
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Comedian John Crist, actor Tony Hale, Little Big Town, National Football League players, and other alumni and student groups are just some in the Samford community wishing the university a happy 175th birthday in this special video produced by the Division of Marketing and Communication.
Brad Radice is director of broadcast media.
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.