So I am a little biased as an alumni (graduating class none your business because I am old) but I…read morelove Samford. Last Sunday I was on campus at Brock Hall for my daughters piano recital. The facilities all over campus are well kept and beautiful. The staff and teachers are always helpful if you need anything. Brock Hall is beautiful with the high ceilings and grand piano on center stage. Samford has many different areas to study. While many study liberal arts such as music, I graduated with my doctorate of pharmacy degree. Samford also hosts many events so come visit when you can.

Despite great professors and decent academics, Samford is a dumpster fire. They have admitted way…read moretoo many students to the point that simply walking from one building to another as become a free-for-all where everyone has to push and shove past each other. Additionally, there no longer seems to much standards of who they accept into the college. No ACT or SAT scores are needed, and not even a minimum GPA is required. As a result, recent years have seen a drastic increase in students who are not prepared for college and many who have not yet outgrown their high school mentality. In short, Samford has chosen quantity over quality. They are currently far more concerned with making money than they are with the well-being of their students, faculty, and academics. I do not recommend this university at this time.

They are one of the best programs in Birmingham, AL. Great coaching staff who focuses on…read moredeveloping athletes through techniques.

This was an amazing experience coming here. All of staff members and students were really…read morewelcoming! I think my niece and sister will definitely be thankful for this experience and money well spent!

Happy 1000th review!!…read more In keeping with the theme, since my 100th review, I reviewed my undergrad Alma mater, for my 1000th I'll review my graduate school! I attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham for my Masters degree in the early 2010s. I have nothing but good things to say about the education I received, the interactions with faculty members (which later led to me securing a full time position post graduation), as well as all of the co-curricular opportunities I was involved with/had offered to me. Yes, parking could be improved on any urban college campus, so I don't think that's necessarily a deal breaker. Thank you for my education and the opportunities that were afforded to me post graduation!

My daughter attends Shades Valley JCIB and she loves it here. I don't really have any complaints…read more All the teachers she has had thus far have been pretty good. The only thing I hate are those fees we have to pay at registration. When I went to school, we went for free. These fees are like paying for college. We got free lockers and textbooks. Now your fees include lockers, textbools, and if you want a certain elective that cost too. Other than that everything is cool. I like that they wear their own clothes and can take any kind of book bags.

UAB's alumni house is pretty nice. It has several rooms that can be used for meetings, and some…read morenice couches in the foyer. The big draw is the large meeting room which can be configured for different occasions. When we came here recently, it was for the UAB Alumni dinner before the basketball game against Western Kentucky (which UAB won). It was a great time, and I look forward to more events here in the future.

Super nice, new gym as of about 2010 or so. It is kept very well, and hosts a lot of great events…read moreoutside of all of Samford's sports teams. It is a very nice venue overall, and I thoroughly enjoy any event I come to here; I have been to a lot.

Teachers were not great in upper levels and curriculum and communication were very unorganized…read more classes are repetitive and extremely boring. Improvement is very low, and there is very little performance opportunities.

The Alabama Ballet school is the official school of Alabama Ballet, a professional company. Located…read morein an old railroad storage facility that has been remodeled to accommodate dozens of dancers, the school offers classes in traditional ballet (including Pointe), tap, and ballroom. The classes are usually taught by current or former members of the professional company. The instruction is very high quality. Classes are offered for children aged three and up, as well as adult ballet classes for beginning and intermediate dancers. Children of the ballet school school often participate in the company's annual production of George Balanchine's Nutcracker, which is an awesome experience for children! I highly recommend this dance school to the devoted dancer who wants to work with professionals in the field and isn't afraid of a challenge!

On Saturday, March 8th, Tony and I was walking around downtown Birmingham checking out all of the…read moreold gorgeous buildings. We ran across this magnificent example of Victorian Architecture and the oldest school still standing in Birmingham. Found this article about it: The timing probably couldn't be better for the "for sale" to go up on historic Powell School. Powell, Birmingham's oldest school, at 124 years old, was heavily damaged in a fire in January 2011. At first, thoughts were that the building would have to be razed, a significant loss to the city's history. But the city of Birmingham wisely struck a deal with the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation to control the building and see whether it can be saved. So far, the news has been good. The Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation has cleaned up most of the fire damage and is continuing with plans to put a roof back on Powell to protect the structure from the elements and to stabilize the building's outer walls. A February 5, 1970 article in the Birmingham Public Library Archives tells us that the Powell Elementary School is Birmingham's oldest school, dating back to 1874, having been founded immediately after the cholera epidemic swept the town, practically depopulating it. Woodlawn, Henley and Powell were known as the oldest white public schools in Birmingham, the others having been built after 1900.Actually, the school that occupied the site of the old Powell School that burned yesterday, was called The Free White School, and a picture of it appears in another article featured in the Birmingham City Archives' digital collection. HISTORICAL MARKER READS: Birmingham's first public school was named for Colonel James R. Powell, the city's first elected Mayor. This energetic promoter also served as the first President of the Elyton Land Company (now Birmingham Realty). which founded the city in 1871. Two years later, Colonel John T. Terry led the fund raising to establish a "free school for white children." The school was "free" only of ties to a religious institution for fees were charged according to grade level. Mayor Powell donated his salary, police court fines and other city fees to support the school. The present red brick Victorian Gothic style structure, designed by S. J. Hall of Cleveland, Ohio in 1888, is the third Powell School. Until 1918, the school accommodated grades one through twelve and for a time served as a training school for prospective teachers