Samford University Seasons Magazine Summer 2021

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HONORS

Recognizing Faculty and Student Achievement This spring, Samford University students and faculty were recognized for their pursuit of excellence and commitment to service. Additionally, honors were bestowed on academic schools and programs. Sydney Bottcher, a senior who is a double-major in chemistry and biochemistry, received the Goldwater Scholarship, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honors. Bottcher is one of 410 students in the United States and one of only seven in Alabama named to the latest class of students who show exceptional promise for becoming research leaders in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. Each Goldwater Scholar receives an annual scholarship of up to $7,500.

Madison Hartley, a second-year Doctor of Pharmacy student in Samford’s McWhorter School of Pharmacy, was named an Albert Schweitzer Fellow. She is one of 14 graduate students who will spend the next year immersed in community public health projects. Hartley plans to address diabetes management in north Birmingham by establishing a health navigator program at the Foundry Ministries’ Changed Lives Christian Center mobile clinic.

Valerie Prince, Pharm.D., BCPS, FAPHA, professor in Samford’s McWhorter School of Pharmacy, was selected president-elect of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) for 2022-2023. APhA is the largest and oldest pharmacy association in the United States.

Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing had a 95.8% firsttime pass rate on the NCLEX for its December 2020 graduates, with all graduates passing the licensure exam by the spring to become a registered nurse (RN).

Haven Voorhees ’21, who graduated with a B.S.B.A. in economics, was selected for the Hayek Fellowship at New York University (NYU). Through the fellowship, awarded annually to only two economics students in the United States, Voorhees will receive coverage for full tuition and fees while studying in NYU’s Master of Economics program.

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