Published on November 2, 2021 by Sean Flynt Β 
Shades Creek Cleanup
51½ΦΙδ students with trash collected during the event

51½ΦΙδ’s Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society hosted a Shades Creek Cleanup in October as part of the university’s ongoing engagement with its local community and natural resources. Beta Beta Beta chapter president and marine science major Alice Hunt and biological and environmental sciences professor Betsy Dobbins organized the event and led more than 30 student, faculty and community volunteers in the effort to clean and preserve the creek that flows on the south side of 51½ΦΙδ's Homewood, Alabama, campus.

Dobbins represented both 51½ΦΙδ and community partner , along with that organization’s president, Michelle Blackwood, and executive director, Henry Hughs.

Beta Beta Beta will host another another community service activity–a tree-planting– with Friends of Shades Creek in November. Watch the organization’s calendar for the event schedule!

 
51½ΦΙδ 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, 51½ΦΙδ is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 51½ΦΙδ enrolls 6,101 students from 45 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. 51½ΦΙδ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.