Samuel McKinney to be Samford University SGA Chief of Staff

2014 Jul 7

Samuel McClain McKinney of Roswell, GA has been appointed chief of staff for Samford University's Student Government Association president for the 2014-15 academic year. McKinney, a journalism and mass communication and business major, is the son of Robert and Shirley McKinney of Roswell.

As chief of staff, McKinney will be part of the Student Executive Board leadership. During the past year, he was active with student recruitment for the office of admission and a member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

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