[Peace] Fwd: A message from the Chancellor regarding September 11th

[Alfred Kagan]

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>Subject:      Fwd: A message from the Chancellor regarding September 11th
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>>To:       Deans, Directors and Department Heads<?xml:namespace prefix = o
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>>From:    Chancellor Cantor
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>>Date:    August 29, 2002
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>>Re:       Campus' September 11th Commemorative Events
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>>I would like to ask that you make the following announcement to your
>>faculty, staff and students.
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>>As we approach the one year anniversary of the tragic events of September
>>11, 2001 I want to ask all members of our faculty to recognize that the
>>days leading up to and around the September 11th anniversary may be
>>difficult ones for some of our students.  Although classes will continue
>>as usual on September 11th, we encourage instructors to provide
>>opportunities in their classes for discussion and reflection, as
>>appropriate.  With your understanding and cooperation, we hope to respond
>>to these events in ways that will respect and support our students' needs
>>and feelings, and also will reinforce our unity as a community.
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>>On Wednesday September 11th, members of our university community will be
>>able to take part in a variety of opportunities for conversation,
>>reflection, and volunteer action.  Details about these events follow:
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>>·         The Altgeld Hall chimes will toll for two minutes at 7:46 a.m.,
>>8:03 a.m. 8:43 a.m. and 9:10 a.m., paying homage to the times when the two
>>airliners struck the World Trade Center, the third airliner struck the
>>Pentagon and the fourth plane went down in Pennsylvania.  The
>>commemorative tolls at 7:46 a.m. and 8:03 a.m. will be followed by a
>>moment of silence and firemen's memorial tolls (three sets of five
>>gongs).  A ten-minute concert of patriotic songs will conclude the first
>>tribute.
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>>·         At noon, various student groups will hold commemorative events
>>on the Anniversary Plaza of the Illini Union on the quad.
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>>·         Through music and spoken word, the Chancellor's Office invites
>>you to join in a community and campus commemoration of September 11th
>>entitled, "Together . . . .2002."  An evening of inspirational music and
>>healing words by faculty and students will be held from 5:30-6:30 pm in
>>the Great Hall and Festival Theatre at Krannert Center for the Performing
>>Arts.  Professor Rajmohan Gandhi will give his personal reflections as the
>>keynote speaker.  During this time of healing it is especially important
>>that our faculty and staff visibly come together with our student body as
>>we celebrate the resiliency of the American spirit and embrace the
>>diversity of our world.  I personally would like to invite all Deans,
>>Directors and Department Heads to participate in this event by acting as
>>greeters.  If you are available to greet students, faculty and community
>>visitors you are asked to meet at KCPA outside the Great Hall by 4:45
>>pm.  WILL-AM 580 radio will air the program live and provide internet
>>streaming at <http://will.uiuc.edu/>http://will.uiuc.edu.
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>>·         Volunteers will have the opportunity to honor victims of the
>>terrorist attacks through a national initiative, the Sept. 11 Memorial
>>Service Projects, sponsored by the Points of Light Foundation, a national
>>organization promoting volunteerism.  Volunteers  will perform community
>>service projects of their choice, dedicating their work to Sept. 11
>>victims whom they select from profiles provided by the families. The Sept.
>>11 Memorial Service Projects initiative was begun by a group of victims'
>>family members, and the community service projects will be commemorated in
>>a Web-based searchable scrapbook for the families' viewing.  Participants
>>must register their community service projects with the Office of
>>Volunteer Programs by Oct. 21 and complete them between Sept. 11 and Dec.
>>13, 2002.  Volunteers can register their projects or learn about potential
>>projects by contacting the Office of Volunteer Programs, 277 Illini Union,
>>at 333-7424 or by e-mail at <mailto:ovp at uiuc.edu>ovp at uiuc.edu.
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
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Urbana, IL 61801, USA

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