264 BRICK BY BRICK, MTSU’S VETERANS WILL BE REMEMBERED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 13, 2007
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

Use a Brick to Express Your Personal Appreciation for Those Who Gave Their All

(MURFREESBORO) – Each and every brick to be laid in the MTSU Veterans Memorial will represent the support of an entire community for the enlightenment and inspiration of future generations.
The bricks may be reserved by all those who wish to honor a veteran or active-duty service member or merely acknowledge their support for the construction of a permanent on-campus memorial to MTSU faculty, students, staff and administrators who perished while serving their country. The bricks will be integrated into the overall memorial design.
All proceeds will help to pay for the memorial, which will be an outdoor classroom that includes a wall with the names of the military personnel. So far, the committee has gathered the names of 55 service members for the wall.
The death of First Lieutenant Ken Ballard, an MTSU student who was killed in Iraq in 2004, prompted Dr. Andrei Korobkov, associate professor of political science and Ballard’s instructor in three classes, to initiate the memorial concept. Korobkov feels strongly that Ballard and other veterans deserve more acknowledgement and appreciation than a nondescript wall plaque that most of the general public would never see.
The MTSU Foundation’s Special Projects Board has granted start-up money in the amount of $5,000 to the committee, which seeks donations to a special fund established to help pay for design and construction.
“We need much more money to create a project honoring our veterans,” Korobkov says. “Thus, I would like to encourage those who support our project to show their support both through donations of any size and offers of participation.”
To purchase a brick with a memorial message, send a tax-deductible check of $150 payable to MTSU Foundation—Veterans Memorial, P.O. Box 109, Murfreesboro, TN 37132. Credit cards also are accepted. Address any questions about brick purchases or donations to Robyn Kilpatrick at 615-898-5223 or rkilpatr@mtsu.edu.
For more information, visit the MTSU Veterans Memorial Web site at http://www.mtsu.edu/veterans. A form for filling out an engraved brick message can be accessed by clicking on the link in the lower right-hand corner.

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