Students will receive rewarding internship placements with Birmingham service organizations, attend an exclusive Micah Fellows spring break service trip, as well as a service abroad experience. With priority registration, students will participate in innovative coursework and discussion cadres as well as a senior year capstone project.

Year 1: The Call to Justice

Micah Fellows will take innovative courses and small discussion cadres that explore classical and Christian concepts of justice. During an alternative spring break trip, you will put your learning into action through service. In past years, Micah Fellows have traveled together to Mobile, AL to serve the local community First Light Community. The Call to Justice is an opportunity to think deeply about what it means to live the good life through the active practice of virtue.

Year 2: The Call to Mercy

The cornerstone of the Micah experience is service to Birmingham neighborhoods. While your discussion cadres focus on what it means to be merciful, you will also learn about and form a partnership with a service organization that matches your personality and goals for service with the needs of a specific Birmingham community. This will give you the chance to develop significant relationships with the people who live and work in the community you share.

Year 3: The Call to Humility

During your junior year, you will spend one semester studying humility and another preparing for your international service-learning experience in Ireland. This trip is partly paid for by the Micah Fellows office. During this year, you will also continue serving the Birmingham community, but the service abroad experience will give you a more expansive view of what it means to live with humility.

Year 4: The Capstone Year

As a cohort, you will have the opportunity to work toward lasting positive change in Birmingham through a capstone project. When you graduate, you'll also leave Samford with a lasting education in Christian service and community engagement with the knowledge that you have made Birmingham a better place.