The University of Queensland will hold a major community event on Wednesday, May 7 to express appreciation for the generosity of anatomy donors.
This year’s multi-faith Thanksgiving Service for Anatomy Donors will be held for the first time in the $20 million UQ Centre in Union Road, St Lucia at 5.30pm.
Chair of the Thanksgiving Service Committee Leo Brown said the service would acknowledge 51 donors whose bodies have been used in teaching human anatomy to health and medical students over the past two years.
“The University of Queensland has a long tradition of paying tribute to donors who have willed their bodies for medical science and anatomy teaching,” he said.
“The service is a public demonstration of the appreciation shown by the university staff and students for this valuable gift.”
The Thanksgiving Service is attended by university staff and students, members of the public, representatives of government, community and various faiths as well as families and friends of recently deceased donors.
During the service, the names of recently deceased donors are publicly recognised. Their names are also permanently recorded in a Book of Remembrance which is on display in the foyer of the Otto Hirschfeld building at UQ.
“The Thanksgiving Service was the first such ceremony established in Australia (in 1992) and has now been accepted as a benchmark by other universities,” Mr Brown said.
This year a UQ graduate and family member of three former donors will participate in the service.
The Thanksgiving Service will feature The Kodaly Choir directed by Dr James Cuskelly of UQ's School of Music.
For further information, visit the Thanksgiving Service web site: https://www.uq.edu.au/news/events/thanksgiving.html
Media: Further information Leo Brown telephone 07 3365 2515.
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