Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2007-04-13

Rob Howell, a junior history major from Haleyville, was elected 2007-08 president of the Samford University Student Government Association.

He was elected this week by vote of the undergraduate student body.

Other newly-elected members of the Samford student executive council are: Sam McBride of Aliceville, vice president of senate; Allyson Dewell of Mableton, Ga., vice president of events; Lee J. Ross, Jr., of Pelham, vice president of programming; and Madeleine Mula of Mandeville, La., vice president of development.

 
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.