Samford names Hardin new provost

Samford University has appointed J. Michael Hardin as the new provost, effective July 1, according to a May 1 announcement by Samford President Andrew Westmoreland. Hardin currently serves as dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce at the University of Alabama (UA) and will replace J. Bradley Creed, Samford’s provost since 2002. Creed will become president of Campbell University in…