Announcing BODY WORLDS Vital College Week Winners
The University of South Carolina and Columbia College have been announced as winners of the BODY WORLDS Vital College Week contest sponsored by the South Carolina State Museum.
The State Museum hosted the contest from January 18 through February 15. All accredited South Carolina colleges and universities had a chance to vote for their schools online to win half-off admission to the BODY WORLDS Vital exhibit during College Week, which is February 20-26.
Based on the number of votes each school received on the museum’s Facebook page, USC won the Division I category, which included colleges and universities in South Carolina with enrollment of more than 5,000 students, and Columbia College won in Division II, which comprised state colleges and universities with fewer than 5,000 students.
The schools’ wins earned them the half-off discounted entry to BODY WORLDS Vital for all their currently enrolled students during the week of Feb. 20.
Facebook users were able to vote for their favorite college or university on the State Museum’s Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/scstatemuseum.
BODY WORLDS Vital is the biggest “blockbuster” exhibit the State Museum has brought to South Carolina. It features 14 real, donated human bodies, plus individual organs and systems. By showing museum guests what’s inside them and how the body works, the exhibit aspires to promote healthy lifestyle choices so people can better take care of their bodies, and live healthier, happier and longer lives.
BODY WORLDS Vital can be seen in the State Museum’s Blockbuster Gallery through April 15. Media sponsors for the exhibit include WIS –TV, WCOS-FM, the State, Lamar Advertising and Time Warner Cable.
Admission is $11 for adults, $9 for senior citizens and $7 for ages 3-12, in addition to general museum admission. South Carolina students in groups with advance reservations are admitted for $5 each. Tickets can be purchased, and information can be found, on the Museum’s Web site at http://www.scmuseum.org.
