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School of the Arts dean: Dr. Joseph Hopkins

Number of Visual Art students: 100 art majors and minors

Number of Visual Art faculty: 9 faculty members (including part-time/adjunct professors)

Number of Music students: 175 music majors and minors

Number of Division of Music faculty: 40 faculty members (including part-time/adjunct professors)

Number of Theatre students: 39 theatre majors and minors

Number of Theatre faculty: 7 faculty members (including part-time/adjunct professors)

Average class size: 14 students

Awards:

Samford is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools, and the State of Alabama Board of Education.
School of the Arts faculty have been recognized as recipients of university-wide
teaching awards, such as the John H. Buchanan Award for Excellence in Classroom
Teaching and the George Macon Memorial Award. Arts professors are continuing
to put Samford on the map by presenting papers and compositions at regional
conferences, being invited to serve as guest composers and adjudicators in high school competitions, and displaying artworks in galleries throughout the nation.
Samford students have consistently performed well at regional arts competitions, including the Birmingham Advertising Federation ADDY awards, Alabama NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) auditions, SETC (Southeastern Theatre Conference) auditions, and more. Visit Dean Hopkins' ArtsFeed blog to read more about accomplishments of School of the Arts students, alumni, and faculty.

Facilities: Bolding Studio, Harrison Theatre, Jane Brock Recital Hall

Theatre productions per year: 8

Scholarships awarded:

School of the Arts students are not only fine artists, but they are also leaders and scholars. Samford rewards these multifaceted students by allowing them to combine merit-based/academic scholarships, Arts major scholarships, and other forms of financial aid; because of this, some School of the Arts students are attending Samford with awards funding nearly all of their tuition.

Fraternities/Sororities: Alpha Psi Omega (Theatre), Kappa Pi (Art), Delta Omicron (Music),
Phi Mu Alpha (Music)