People and Community

Remembering 9/11

UM students are planning several events to remember the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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Alpha Delta Pi, National Pan-Hellenic Council and Zeta Tau Alpha are gathering together in service to honor the memories of those lost in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The three groups will set up on the Rock in the center of the Coral Gables campus from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow.

Alpha Delta Pi will sell 9/11 awareness ribbons and Zeta Tau Alpha will collect toiletries and other personal items with donations benefitting the Miami VA Healthcare System. National Pan-Hellenic Council will have a banner available for members of the community to write words of memory and encouragement to those affected by the attacks.

At 7 p.m. a candlelight vigil organized by the Veteran Students Organization will be held on the Rock. In the event of rain the vigil will be held in the Whitten University Center Lower Lounge.