When nutrition majors Anna McKoy, Megan Scott and Katie Snider decided to travel to Haiti over Jan Term, they planned to spend their time working in the nutrition clinic at Canaan orphanage. They said they never expected to find themselves in the midst of a natural disaster and in charge of 75 children.
Samford earned an overall "D+" on the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, an annual evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability activities. The Report Card profiles 300 universities nationwide using information from independent research along with three voluntary surveys from school administrators.
"Go Print" sounds like a policy that encourages printing. However, Samford's initiative is actually trying to deter printing. As rumors sparked among students last year that printing would become a paid service at Samford, concerns arose that too many substantial costs were burdening students.
Three years ago, the Brock School of Business received a boost when it was renamed after benefactor and renowned Birmingham entrepreneur Harry Brock. Just before that, however, another important event occurred in the history of the school: the advent of its Entrepreneurship Program.