Davida Padi of Parsippany Places Third in Gift of Life Challenge

PARSIPPANY, NJ - Davida Padi of Parsippany, a social media strategies major, was among The University of Scranton students in the Social Media Campaigns course taught by Brian Snee, Ph.D., associate professor of communication and media, who won third place in the Gift of Life 2024 Students Save Lives College Challenge.

The annual competition invites organizations and clubs at universities and colleges across Gift of Life's region to help increase organ donor awareness and registration among students, faculty, and staff on campus. Fifteen Pennsylvania and New Jersey colleges participated in the challenge this year's challenge, registering a total of 304 people as organ and tissue donors.

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Scranton students who participated in the Social Media Campaigns class held multiple "awareness table sits," as well as a variety of special events and an online campaign. Special events included a cornhole tournament and an on-campus public painting event by an artist. The students utilized social media to post fun facts about organ donation.

The University of Scranton is a Jesuit university located in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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