Published on April 6, 2009 by Mary Wimberley  

Beebe Ray "Bee" Frederick III, a junior communication studies major from Montgomery, has been elected 2009-2010 president of the Â鶹¹û¶³ Student Government Association.

Frederick was elected last week by vote of the undergraduate student body.

Other newly elected SGA officers are Sam Dickerson of Booneville, Miss., vice president for senate; Jay Harper of Clinton, Ark., vice president for events; Terra Garmon of Gadsden, vice president for programming; and Tessa Pitts of Lanett, vice president for development.

The officers will take office at a banquet on Tuesday, April 28.

 
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.