Published on May 14, 2020 by Sean Flynt Â
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The students partnered with Alabama's Legacy of Hope organization
Â鶹¹û¶³ public relations students Sarah Kate Bennett, Haley Pruett and Jarece Tillery led a campaign to educate college peers about the importance of organ donation April 27-30. They developed the project as part of a organized by the .
The Â鶹¹û¶³ PRSSA chapter members focused their campaign on the popular Instagram social media platform, with posts highlighting donation facts, individual stories of donation recipients, and the group’s partnership with Alabama’s organization. A mid-week video featured Â鶹¹û¶³ alumna , who was the featured survivor at the American Heart Association’s Birmingham Heart Ball in March.
Â鶹¹û¶³’s National Organ Donation Awareness Campaign continues to encourage Â鶹¹û¶³ students, faculty, and staff to to review the completed parts of the campaign and help raise awareness of the need for organ donations.
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.
