Published on May 7, 2000 at 7 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Scarlett Beacham Stewart of Orlando, Fla., has been elected president of the Student Government Association at Â鶹¹û¶³. A junior journalism and mass communication major, she was elected by vote of the undergraduate student body to serve during the 2000-2001 academic year.

Other newly-elected Â鶹¹û¶³ student executive council officers are Shamik Suresh Vakil of Adairsville, Ga., first vice president; Ginger Nelle McCarthy of Florence, second vice president; and Jason Powell Jeffreys of Brandon, Miss., treasurer.

 

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ 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, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 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. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.