Orphanges in Romania, urban farms, micro-enterprises in South Africa– University Fellows often have aspirations beyond the scope of a traditional business education. The Brock School of Business has pioneered an innovative program that fuses practical business experience, a classical liberal arts education, and intimate learning environments (such as the tutorial model from Oxford University) to customize your degree. Brock Scholars offers a customized curriculum, a fully-funded internship, and an overseas fellowship.

To learn more about the Brock Scholars Program, contact the program coordinator Dr. Betsy Holloway at bbhollow@samford.edu or by phone at (205) 726-4109.

The Brock Scholars Program is an imaginative, demanding, and competitive program of study designed for University Fellows who desire to major in business. Brock Scholars are selected annually through a rigorous application process. The Brock Scholars Program consists of four core elements: customized curriculum, a subsidized internship, an international fellowship, and an independent senior research project. Your curriculum chair, a close advisor and mentor during your time in the Brock School, helps you coordinate these elements to craft the optimal undergraduate business education. Read more about each component below.

• Curriculum

Brock Scholars have the ability to create their own unique curriculum. Working closely with faculty in the Brock School of Business and in line with the student's academic goals and career aspirations, Brock Scholars complete a core of business courses combined with courses from across the university to craft a personalized curricular experience.

Some students choose to specialize further in a particular field of business, such as accounting, economics, or marketing. Others choose to merge their business foundation with a concentration in another area, such as religion or family studies courses.

• Curriculum Outline (from catalog)

• Internship

Brock Scholars begin their career early with a subsidized internship during their sophomore year. The Brock Scholars Program provides a $1,500 stipend for each Scholar to intern at a socially mission-driven business. The position matches students' curricular interests and provides academic credit.

For example, Sally Snider ('13) merged her interests of musical performance and business with an internship at the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Annika Cousins ('12) interned with the Ronald McDonald House. Ben Jones ('12) spent a semester helping Jones Valley Urban Farms develop their education programs and expansion plan. Cameron Collins ('13) followed his interests of entrepreneurship with the widely acclaimed business incubator Innovation Depot.

The internship allows Scholars to begin their professional experience early and prepares them for an international fellowship after their junior year.

• Fellowship

The Brock Scholars Fellowship provides additional experiential learning. With a stipend from the program, Scholars are placed in organizations all over the world in a fellowship experience.

Fellowships are tailored to the Scholar's specific career aspirations. For example, Kley Sippel ('12), in line with his economic development interests, was placed in South Africa to work with the enterprise incubator Living Way. Caroline Noland ('12) was placed with the global NGO Food for the Hungry in their Washington, D.C. office.