Published on April 6, 2010 at 7 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Hundreds of Â鶹¹û¶³ students will participate in Omicron Delta Kappa’s Day of Service Saturday, April 10.

Â鶹¹û¶³ 350 volunteers, including some Â鶹¹û¶³ faculty and staff members, will assist a variety of Birmingham area nonprofit organizations, 8 a.m.-12 noon.

Activities include holding a car wash to support Children’s Miracle Network and working with Ronald McDonald House, Urban Ministry, Inc., Shades Mountain Baptist Church’s community restoration efforts, NorthStar Ministries, Church at Brook Hills’ Hispanic clinic and Habitat for Humanity.

The project, sponsored by the Â鶹¹û¶³ chapter of ODK leadership honor society, is part of  ODK’s National Day of Service.

Â鶹¹û¶³ ODK member Stephen Bailey, a chemistry major from Brownsburg, Ind., is student coordinator. Â鶹¹û¶³ business professor Dr. Betsy Holloway, is  Â鶹¹û¶³ ODK advisor.

 
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.