CALIFORNIA'S COMMUNITY COLLEGES REMEMBER
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
Students, faculty and staff at California's community colleges all over the state will hold ceremonies to commemorate the events of September 11, 2001. The following is a list of some of the campus events planned for September 11, 2002:
Cabrillo College
At 8:46 a.m. the college community is invited to join the Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus, Cantiamo, and Cabrillo Chorale and sing or listen to the entire Mozart Requiem in the Cabrillo College Theater. Cabrillo joins the worldwide "Rolling Requiem." The Cabrillo College Stroke Center is hosting a month-long exhibit of floral art created by students throughout the spring semester. A reception will be held honoring the artists. The Stroke Center exhibit is part of the 5,000 Flowers Project.
College of Marin
The College is participating in the "Rolling Requiem." Mozart's Requiem is being performed at 8:46 a.m. in each time zone starting at the International Dateline. The College of Marin Chorus will perform in the Fine Arts Theater. Also, Educators for Social Responsibility will host a conversation circle all day in Fusselman Hall.
Copper Mountain College
"A Day for Reflection and Remembrance" - Students, faculty, and staff are invited to share their thoughts and reflections on two banners, gathering from 9:30 to 10 a.m. in the Phase I Courtyard. Participants are also invited to contribute to a time capsule that will be buried on campus and reopened on the twentieth anniversary of September 11, 2001.
Cypress College
The campus bell tower will ring at 10:10 a.m. followed by a moment of silence. Ceremonies will be held at the campus pond. An open microphone forum begins at 10:20 a.m. and continues to 11:50 a.m. At noon, City of Cypress Mayor Lydia Sondhi will speak followed by President Margie Lewis. At the beginning of the ceremony, children from the day care center will release balloons with messages and reply cards.
College of the Desert
Two observances are planned. A noon event at the Fountain of Knowledge in front of Hilb Student Center will include Taps, remarks by college and student leaders, a minute of silence, and a dramatic reading. Students will be distributing red, white, and blue ribbons. An evening ceremony will begin at 6:50 p.m. with a choir composed of local EMTs leading the singing of God Bless America.
Folsom Lake College
"Week of Remembrance" - Activities will include a Wall of Remembrance available to the college community on which to write messages at each of the college sites. Ceremonies on September 11 will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the flagpoles at the college and its centers. At 8:46 a.m., a moment of silence will be observed campus-wide. At 1:00 p.m. there will be an open forum in the Community Room. At 6:30 p.m. there will be a candlelight vigil at each of the college sites.
Fresno City College
"Day of Remembrance Ceremony" - Activities will be held at the Veterans Peace Memorial at noon. The ceremony will feature the unveiling of a granite bench in honor of the September 11 victims. Three wreaths will be laid representing firefighters, police, and the military. The ceremony begins at noon.
Fullerton College
"Reaffirmation of Freedom" will be held at noon. Fullerton Mayor Don Bankhead and Fullerton College President Michael J. Viera will join community and college speakers. At 1:00 p.m. the Eagle Spirit Singers, Native American drummers and flutists, will perform memorial songs and a native prayer in front of the Cadena Center. The Eagle Spirit Singers will perform again at 6:30 p.m.
Glendale College
The Associated Students of Glendale College will host a program in the central plaza at noon. Names of all of the victims have been written on banners that will hang from footbridges and balconies. Speakers will include a representative of the Los Angeles Fire Department that volunteered at Ground Zero in New York City.
Grossmont College
"Grossmont Remembers" The college will participate in the national day of remembrance at 12:15 p.m. in the Quad with a ceremony of musical selections by faculty and students, and a moment of silence for the lives that were lost a year ago.
The college community is invited to attend the ceremony.
Las Positas College
"A Time of Reflection" will be a community ceremony at noon in front of the library. A fire academy display will include ladders and other items representing the twin towers and New York City. There will be a Wall of Hope and Peace for all to share thoughts. A fire bell will ring 9 times; pause and then ring 11 times, followed by Taps.
Long Beach City College
"United in Memory" will be held in the college auditorium in the evening. Guest speakers include Corey Gammel, coordinator of the 9-11 Memorial Quilt Project, and 21-year FDNY veteran Raymond Seely. In addition, the Associated Student Body organization will host an all-day Alternative Perspectives open mike in the College Center.
Los Angeles Valley College
A ceremony will be held in Monarch Square at 11:00 a.m. to include a welcome by ASU Treasurer Karapet Torossian and by Dr. Tyree Wieder, LAVC president. A distribution of American flags will take place and there will be a moment of silence, a period of discussion, and closing remarks by Samuel Kbushyan, ASU president.
Mendocino College
"Wall of Remembrance" will be displayed on the Ukiah campus with notes from students and staff. The college flag will be lowered to half-mast outside MacMillan Hall at 9:00 a.m. with the singing of the national anthem. There will be a noon ceremony at the Peace Tree including a Peace Prayer by Native American students and at 2:00 p.m. there will be an Open Forum in the CVPA Theater.
Miramar College
"Miramar College Remembers," including a candlelight vigil will be held at 11:45 a.m. and again at 6 p.m. at the S-100 Patio. Activities include the Patriotism through the Eyes of Children display from the Child Development Center, the Flags Across the Nation display, and comments from President Patricia A. Keir. There will be a moment of silence across campus at noon and on-going coverage of the first anniversary in the Library Conference Room from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Modesto Junior College
Two ceremonies are planned. The MJC East Campus ceremony will be held at 11:00 a.m. and is coordinated by the Associated Students of MJC. The ceremony will include the re-dedication of the campus flagpole to the memory of the victims of 9/11. A new brass plaque will be displayed and a new brass eagle will be installed on top of the pole. There will be a moment of silence and some brief remarks. On the MJC West Campus there will be a noon ceremony that will include a readers theater, a solo performance of America the Beautiful and a moment of silence, followed by some brief reflections by staff and college officials.
Orange Coast College
"Circle of Remembrance" - The ceremony begins at noon in the OCC quad. Student Body President Femia Scarfone and OCC President Gene Farrell will deliver short speeches. While a bugler performs, everyone in attendance will join hands to create a huge "Circle of Remembrance."
Oxnard College
Dr. Lydia Ledesma-Reese, president of the college, has invited the college community to gather around the Rose Avenue flagpole at 8:46 a.m. to observe a moment of silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the events that occurred last year. The ceremony will commemorate those who died following the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania. There will be a moment of silence, a bagpipe rendition of Amazing Grace and the singing of God Bless America. Pete Tafoya, former Ventura Community College District Trustee was working in the Pentagon when it was struck. He will talk about his recollections of the event.
Pasadena City College
At 8:46 a.m. Taps will be played at various locations around the campus followed by a moment of silence. An art display created last year in the Sculpture will be displayed again throughout the week. Bulletin boards will be placed around campus for the college community to post any words or art about September 11.
Palo Verde College
A ceremony will be held in front of the John O. Crain College Services Building at 11:00 a.m. President James Hottois will be the featured speaker and ASB President Sam Burton is master of ceremonies.
Rio Hondo College
"Memorial Wall" will be created in the Upper Quad from Sept. 9 -11 where the college community can post their thoughts. Ceremonies on September 11 begin at 11:45 a.m. and at 5 p.m. The Board of Trustees will join the evening event.
San Bernardino Valley College
"Patriot Day" - The college community is invited to assemble at the Auditorium Clocktower for a moment of silence followed by the singing of "God Bless America" and ringing of the carillon chimes. A Perspectives Forum will be held from noon to 1:00 p.m. in LA100 that will include speakers on the Many Faces of 9/11.
San Diego City College
"Moment of Silence" - The ceremony will be held at the City College Flagpole at 8:46 a.m. for the college community. After the ceremony President Terrence Burgess will lead a walk to the Peace Café to sign the Peace Wall in the Student Union/Cafeteria. The college community is invited to add thoughts, sentiments, poetry, artwork, and photography to the wall throughout the day.
San Joaquin Delta College
"In Memory of 9-11" - Activities are planned for the entire week. The college community will be making red, white, or blue Origami cranes, one for each victim or survivor with a goal of 3,000 cranes that will be displayed in Danner Hall. On Wednesday there will be a ceremony in the quad at 8:45 a.m. that will include a reflection by President Raul Rodriguez, an honor guard presentation of the flag, Taps, and a moment of silence. At 11:00 a.m. A Truly American Tradition - Apple Pie will be served to all in the quad.
Sierra College
"Day of Remembrance" will be held at the Dietrich Theatre Outdoor Fountain from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. The ceremony will include the Del Oro High School Marching Band and Honor Guard, student poetry readings, and college and community speakers. The Ridley Gallery will present the Nine Eleven student art display.
Solano College
"United We Stand for Peace and Freedom" - From sunrise the flag will be flown at half-mast. From 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. a sanctuary area is available in the Peace Garden (President's Rose Garden) for quiet tribute, reflection, prayer, and remembrance. At 8:46 a.m. there will be a moment of silence across campus. Activities will include a lecture on Religion and Terrorism at 10:00 a.m. and at noon the fire siren will be sounded to bring the campus community together in the quad for music and speeches.
Southwestern College
"Let Freedom Ring" - Sponsored by the Associated Student Organization, the ceremony begins with bells ringing from the Bell Tower at the time of each of the four airplane crashes. The SWC Choir will hold a ceremony in the Student Center Amphitheater from 11:00 a.m. to noon that will also feature student, faculty, and college community speakers.
West Valley College
A memorial garden will be dedicated at 12:20 p.m. with special presentations by Senator Barbara Boxer, and Assembly members Elaine Alquist and Rebecca Cohn. The college community is invited to attend and there will be representatives from area cities and the county. West Valley College remembers their alumnus Mark Bingham one of the heroes of the Pennsylvania flight and student Nicole Miller. At 8:46 a.m. there will be a brief flag raising ceremony and a moment of silence.
Yuba College
At 10:05 a.m. a bell will ring across campus signifying the time the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed followed by a moment of silence on campus as the Fire and Administration of Justice Academies stand at attention and march to the flagpole. At 10:10 a.m. a student speaker will read from a Moment of Silence script at the flagpole in front of the college. In Memoriam: September 11, 2001, a one-hour documentary will be shown on televisions on campus.