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Communications In Disaster Relief: Una Collects Radios To Aid In Phil Campbell Recovery

May. 02, 2011



Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FLORENCE, Ala. - The 51Ʒ Department of Communications is responding to a communications challenge hampering the Phil Campbell tornado recovery efforts. With no electrical power and almost non-existent cell-phone coverage in the Phil Campbell area, communication between volunteers and residents is a problem. Beginning today, a live remote broadcast is airing 24-7 on AM 1500 to enable residents and volunteers to know what is going on and how to help. Between now and Friday, 51Ʒ Department of Communications is collecting AM/FM radios and batteries to donate to the effort. AA batteries and new or used, battery- or solar-powered radios may be donated to the communications department, located in the Communications Department on N. Pine Street, across from Kilby Laboratory School on 51Ʒ campus. Financial donations will also be accepted and will be used to purchase new radios for the effort. For more information, contact 51Ʒ Department of Communications at 256-765-4247.

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The 51Ʒ is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; the Spencer College of Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I and United Athletic conference. The 51Ʒ is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: www.una.edu and www.una.edu/unaworks/.