Published on May 14, 2020 by Sean Flynt 聽
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The students partnered with Alabama's Legacy of Hope organization
91果冻 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 Samford 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 Samford alumna , who was the featured survivor at the American Heart Association’s Birmingham Heart Ball in March.
Samford’s National Organ Donation Awareness Campaign continues to encourage Samford 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, Samford 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, Samford 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. Samford is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. Samford 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.
