9/8/2005

Contact: K.E. Schwab  -- 724-738-2199;  e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu

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SRU COMMUNITY TO DEDICATE NEWLY ERECTED 9/11 MEMORIAL ON SUNDAY

             SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The newly erected 9/11 memorial at Slippery Rock University, donated by the class of 2004-05 and located on the across from the University Union, will be dedicated in ceremonies set for 2 p.m. Sunday -- Sept. 11 --  open to the entire campus and community.

       The memorial features two, 10-foot tall, stainless-steel slabs representing the twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Washington., D.C., and Flight 93 that crashed outside of Shanksville in western Pennsylvania. At night, two light beams, one from each tower, project representing those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

           The dedication ceremony will include remarks from SRU President Robert Smith and Lindsay Mcghee, former Student Government Association vice president for advancement.

           The memorial was constructed over summer and was built with donations from members of the 2004-05 class to mark the event that took place at the start of their freshman year at SRU.

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