Published on April 18, 2002 by Mary Wimberley  

Laura Evelyn Wilson, a junior elementary education major from Alabaster, has been elected president of the Â鶹¹û¶³ Student Government Association. She was elected by vote of the undergraduate student body.

Other newly elected officers of the Â鶹¹û¶³ student government executive council are: Joseph Brown Wells, Lexington, Ky., first vice president; Taylor Brooks, Round Rock, Texas, second vice president; and Matt Ullum, Louisville, Ky., 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.