Yvonne Louise Gross Named Samford Ambassador

2014 Mar 17

Yvonne Louise Gross of Nashville has been named a new Samford University Ambassador for the 2014-15 academic year. Ambassadors serve as hosts at campus events, interact with university constituents and represent the university in a variety of settings.

Gross is a Journalism Mass Communication major.

The 31-member Ambassador team works closely with the Samford President's Office and the Office of University Advancement. New ambassadors are chosen each spring on the basis of grades, leadership skills, public speaking ability, enthusiasm for Samford, personality and other qualities.

About Samford University - 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 4,698 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