VSU Honors the Fallen with National Roll Call on Veterans Day
October 6, 2011
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Jessica Pope
Communications and Media Relations Coordinator
VSU Honors the Fallen with National Roll Call on Veterans Day
VALDOSTA -- On Veterans Day, Valdosta State University faculty,
staff, and students will read the names of the 6,200-plus men and
women who lost their lives in service to America in Operation
Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom in the past decade.
Valdosta-Lowndes County residents are invited to participate as
readers.
The Remembrance Day National Roll Call event, sponsored by VSU’s
chapter of Student Veterans of America (VSU Vets), will kick off at
8 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, in front of West Hall on the lawn. VSU
Interim President Dr. Louis H. Levy will speak, and then the
reading of the names will begin. The process is expected to last
about six hours.
This year, Veterans Day, which falls on the 11th day of the 11th
month of the 11th year, marks the 10th year of post Sept. 11
combat. The objective is to have students from at least one school
in every state read all the names of those who have made the
ultimate sacrifice in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation
Iraqi Freedom. To date, colleges and universities in 43 states plus
the District of Columbia plan to participate. All of them will
pause at the 11th hour, 11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time/2 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time, for a minute of silence.
“Reading each and every name of a fallen soldier highlights the
importance of the individual lives lost,” said Mark A. Smith, a VSU
senior, retired Air Force master sergeant, and president of VSU
Vets. “We are privileged to help the nation remember their
sacrifices. We are encouraging members of the VSU and Lowndes
communities to join us as readers and volunteers for this memorable
event.”
The Veterans Knowledge Community of NASPA Student Affairs
Administrators in Higher Education sponsors the Remembrance Day
National Roll Call nationally. With more than 12,000 members in all
50 states, 29 countries, and eight United States territories, NASPA
advocates for the advancement, health, and sustainability of the
student affairs profession at colleges and universities. The
Veterans Knowledge Community focuses its efforts on student
veterans and ensuring that their unique needs are being met.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Brett Morris, Remembrance Day National Roll
Call coordinator, said, “We wanted to rally campus communities
across the nation to send a powerful message to the troops
currently serving that their peers have not forgotten their
sacrifices or those of the fallen.”
The names that will be read during the Remembrance Day National
Roll Call have been recorded by icasualties.org.
VSU’s Adult Degree Completion & Military Programs is helping to
coordinate the event.
For more information about the local Remembrance Day National Roll
Call, contact Mark A. Smith, president of VSU’s chapter of Student
Veterans of America and military and veteran liaison for VSU’s
Adult Degree Completion & Military Programs, at (229) 253-2873
or AMP@valdosta.edu. Also on
the Web: www.naspa.org and
icasualties.org.
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