Elizabeth Gardner Graduates from Samford University

2014 Jul 15

Elizabeth Ashley Gardner of Mandeville, LA graduated Magna Cum Laude from Samford University's Howard College Of Arts and Sciences during recent commencement exercises. Gardner earned a Bachelor of Arts Fellow degree.

Gardner was one of 900 students to receive a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree in one of seven ceremonies.

Samford University is Alabama's top-ranked private university and provides nationally-recognized academic programs rooted in its historic Christian mission. U.S. News & World Report ranks Samford 3rd among regional universities in the South, and the university is widely acknowledged as a leader in liberal arts and professional school education. Founded in 1841 and located in suburban Birmingham, Samford is the 87th oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S. and enrolls 4,800 students from 44 states and 22 countries in its 10 academic units: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford also fields 17 NCAA Division I teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference. www.samford.edu