College Relations
Salem State students remember Sept. 11
CONTACT --- Jim Glynn at 978-542-7519 or james.glynn@salemstate.edu
SALEM, Mass. - The Student Government Association at Salem State College will hold a candlelight vigil at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 in memory of the victims of last year's attack on the World Trade Center.
The vigil, to be held in the courtyard between the library and Meier Hall, will cap a series of events marking the first anniversary of Sept. 11.
At 8 a.m., nationwide and local ceremonies will be broadcast on large screen televisions in Veterans Hall and televisions in Meier Hall, the library and in the Harrington Building.
Following a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the Interfaith Center will conduct a time for prayer and reflection from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Ellison Campus Center on the Main Campus and in the Bates Commons Room on South Campus.
The college's Residence Hall Association will lead a community clean-up effort from 4 to 7 p.m.
At 6:30 p.m., Sarah Newcomb, a student at the college, will sing the national anthem during a brief pre-game ceremony at Alumni Field where the women's soccer team will host Johnson & Wales University of Providence, R.I.
At 7 p.m., the Peace Institute will sponsor activist Cynthia Peters' talk entitled "Another World is Possible" in Forten Hall of the library.
For more information, contact Campus Center Director Bruce Perry at 978-542-6435.
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