Joshua Lay Selected as Senior Honoree at Samford University

2014 Dec 22

Joshua Coleman Lay of Brierfield was one of 16 Samford University students selected as senior honorees to lead the university's 34th annual Hanging of the Green service. The traditional service ushers in the Christmas season at Samford.

Lay is a History major.He is the son of Elaine Lay.

Senior honorees are nominated by faculty and staff, and then a selection committee chooses the honorees based on leadership, scholarship, spiritual commitment and community service. The honor is one of the most coveted among senior class members, according to April Robinson, Samford's university minister who coordinates the annual service.

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 4,900 students from 44 states and 25 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