Published on June 22, 2006 at 7 p.m. by Sean Flynt  
In early June the website of the Radio & Records company posted an American serviceman's request for a shipment of smooth jazz CDs to Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan. Andy Parrish, General Manager of Â鶹¹û¶³'s WVSU radio station, was the first to respond, sending over a dozen jazz CDs. But Â鶹¹û¶³'s response didn't stop there. Parrish invited others to participate, and the Â鶹¹û¶³ community quickly responded with cards, letters and CDs from their own collections.

Radio & Records honored the Â鶹¹û¶³ community's response in a June 16 news item headlined, " WVSU Listeners Walk The Walk".
 
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.