Joshua Lay Honored for History Paper

2015 Apr 14

Joshua Lay of Brierfield, AL was an award winner in the annual history essay contest sponsored at Samford University by the Birmingham Center of Colonial Dames of America.

Lay won 10th place and a $200 cash award for Fighting Florida: An Environmental Look at the Seminole Wars. Lay graduated in December with a degree in history.

The papers were judged from those written in the fall semester Samford history classes.

Honorees were recognized at an March 26 luncheon hosted by the Colonial Dames. Samford history department chair Dr. S. Jonathan Bass presented the awards. A bound volume of the papers will be housed in the Samford library.

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 enrolls 4,933 students from 44 states and 25 countries in 10 academic units: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford also fields 17 NCAA Division 1 teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference.