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 6,101 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.