Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2000-05-08

Scarlett Beacham Stewart of Orlando, Fla., has been elected president of the Student Government Association at Samford University. A junior journalism and mass communication major, she was elected by vote of the undergraduate student body to serve during the 2000-2001 academic year.

Other newly-elected Samford student executive council officers are Shamik Suresh Vakil of Adairsville, Ga., first vice president; Ginger Nelle McCarthy of Florence, second vice president; and Jason Powell Jeffreys of Brandon, Miss., treasurer.

 

 
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 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.