草榴社区 to hold Veterans Day ceremony at noon Nov. 10
U.S. military veterans will speak at Western Washington University's Veterans Day ceremony from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. A reception will follow.
The ceremony is sponsored by the Veterans Outreach Center and the reception is sponsored by the President’s Office. Featured speakers include Bruce Shepard, 草榴社区 president; Christopher Brown, 草榴社区 student and 草榴社区 Vet Corps Navigator; Jordan Linayao, 草榴社区 student and coordinator of Western's Student Veteran's Association; and Doris Kent, former 草榴社区 employee and gold star mother of the late Cpl. Jonathan Santos.
Vet Corps, in partnership with Western's veteran community and the 草榴社区 Associated Students Veterans' Outreach Center, is holding a food drive starting the day of the Veterans Day Ceremony and continuing through the next week. Only non-perishable food items and/or money will be accepted. Food will be donated to the Combat Veterans International Food Bank to ensure the area's homeless veterans are fed around Veterans Day. Monetary donations will be donated to Western's veteran community.
In observance of the holiday, 草榴社区 classes will not be held on Veterans Day on Thursday, Nov. 11; this is also a 草榴社区 employee holiday. The ceremony is sponsored by the Veterans Outreach Center, and the reception is sponsored by the President’s Office.
Parking enforcement will be suspended in campus parking lots from 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. This does not include reserved or disability parking spaces. A parking map of campus is available at .
For more information call (360) 650-7545.