Published on April 27, 2005 by William Nunnelley  

Samford University senior Rachel E. Lim of Memphis, Tenn., has received a Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship for 2005-06 to pursue the Ph.D. degree in Music Theory. The $5,000 fellowship is one of 60 awarded in the nation by the national honor society that recognizes academic excellence in all fields of higher education.

Lim, a music education major in the School of Performing Arts, has been a member of the Samford orchestra, marching band, wind ensemble, university chorale, a cappella choir and handbell choir. She is a flutist and pianist. A dean's list student, she also served as president of Delta Omicron music fraternity.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, 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 6,324 students from 44 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 is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. 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.