Recognizing Faculty and Student Achievement

Brock School of Business graduate Lauren Dumar ’23 won first place in the Association of Private Enterprise Education’s 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition. Her research consists of a direct analysis of the effectiveness of performing both monetary unit sampling as well as audit data analytics to determine which method catches more fraud and which method is more cost-beneficial when catching fraud.

Timothy George, the founding dean of Beeson Divinity School, was named the president of the Evangelical Theological Society, which is made up of more than 4,000 scholars, teachers, pastors, students and others dedicated to the oral exchange and written expression of theological thought and research.

In March, Samford Gives Back, coordinated by the Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership, mobilized 534 students and involved 25 local community partners for a day of service and engagement across the Birmingham area.

Cumberland School of Law’s National Trial Team competed in the national finals of the American Association of Justice’s Student Trial Advocacy Competition in New Orleans, Louisiana, this spring. One team finished the competition ranked 2nd in the nation, the other ranked 5th.

Christopher Metress, who holds the rank of university professor in recognition of his interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship at Samford, was among a select group of individuals to receive an invitation to the White House for the screening of Till last month. Metress has spent nearly 30 years researching Emmett Till, publishing several books and essays on the case.

In February, Brock School of Business students competed in the National Collegiate Sports Sales Championship. For the second year in a row, a Samford student, business major Emma Williams '23, won the Speed Sell Challenge in which she was tasked with securing a follow-up appointment in a 60-90 second pitch.