[066] MTSU plans 9/11 Observance with special ceremony Monday

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The public is invited to join the MTSU community for the university’s third 9/11 Observance at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, at the Veterans Memorial site outside the Tom H. Jackson Building, 628 Alma Mater Drive.

Led by cadets in the program, MTSU’s Department of Military Science will hold the event to commemorate the 16^th anniversary of a series of four coordinated terrorist suicide attacks by the Islamic group al-Qaida on U.S. landmarks, which occurred Sept. 11, 2001.

To find parking for the event, visit http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.

In the event of rain or inclement weather, the event will move into Cantrell Hall in the Tom H. Jackson Building.

Guest speakers will include:

• Sidney A. McPhee, the 10^th MTSU president, who assumed leadership in 2001.

• Tammy Bass, a Gold Star mother.  Her son, U.S. Army Cpl. David Bass, was killed in action.

• Keith M. Huber, senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives at the MTSU. Huber, who joined MTSU in January 2015, spent nearly 40 years in the military, retiring as a U.S. Army lieutenant general.

To learn more about the Veterans Memorial, visit http://mtsu.edu/military/memorial/. Military Science is one of 11 College of Basic and Applied Sciences departments. To learn more, visit http://mtsu.edu/arotc1/.