51³Ô¹ÏÍøannounces "Tag, You're It" social media contest winners

51³Ô¹ÏÍønames the winners of its May social media contest.

June 16, 2014

DALLAS (SMU) — 51³Ô¹ÏÍøalumnus Brendan Nix was the grand prize winner of SMU’s Commencement Social Media Contest. Nix, who tweeted a generational photo regarding his mother receiving her graduate degree, will receive two vouchers from Southwest Airlines. Other winners included Alexandra Totah and Thomas Case, who received 51³Ô¹ÏÍøfootball tickets. Callie Summers and Kelly Gilliland won 51³Ô¹ÏÍøTexas license plate gift cards from .

The contest encouraged alumni and graduates to share photos from SMU’s 2014 Commencement via various social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Vine and Instagram using the hashtag #SMU2014. The hashtag generated more than 800 social media posts. To view all of the posts from SMU’s 2014 Commencement contest, visit . All winners were selected randomly.

The winners and their prizes:

Grand prize winner (two vouchers from Southwest Airlines):
Brendan Nix

Football ticket winners:
Derek Hawkes '14
Alexandra Totah

License plate gift card winners:
Kelly Gilliland
Callie Summers

 

 

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June 16, 2014