Aiming to expand Samford’s global footprint and create a unique work-and-serve cultural opportunity, the university announced the purchase of a new international study campus in Costa Rica.
Acquired in mid-August, the property — a 10,000-square-foot home on 14 acres of mountainous countryside near the capital city of San Jose — will be known as Finca de Samford, which translates to “Samford Estate.”
Subscribe to The Alabama Baptist today!
SIGN UP for our weekly Highlights emails.
University President Beck A. Taylor heralded the news during his annual State of the University address Aug. 18, citing global influence as a key pillar of Samford’s strategic master plan Fidelitas.
The purchase comes two years after Taylor commissioned university leaders to develop a second global study center complementary to the Daniel House in London, only in a less cosmopolitan setting. Seeking Samford’s next “home away from home,” Taylor aspired a location in a Spanish-language country — preferably in the Americas — with a developing but politically stable climate.
“Those of us who have been involved in the prayerful search, identification and now purchase of this property have felt God moving all along through this process,” Taylor said.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by G. Allan Taylor and originally published by Samford University.
Share with others: