Posted by Emily Hart on 2011-05-06
Samford University’s chapter of Phi Lambda Sigma, the national pharmacy leadership society, has elected officers for 2011-12.
Second-year pharmacy student Leigh Conner of Murfreesboro, Tenn., was elected president. Elected vice president was third-year pharmacy student Jenny Baldone of Alabaster, Ala.
Elected secretary was third-year pharmacy student Andrew Mardis, and second-year pharmacy student Autumn Bagwell was elected treasurer. Both Bagwell and Mardis are from Birmingham.
Third-year pharmacy students Lauren Ellison of Trussville, Ala., Maggee Oliver of Albertville, Ala., and Christian Conley of Oviedo, Fla., were elected historians.
Phi Lambda Sigma
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.