Veterans Day is Friday, Nov. 11, and to honor campus members’ service, the Office of Veterans Services and the Charlotte chapter of Student Veterans of America will hold a breakfast from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Cone University Center, Room 210. This event is for military-affiliated students, faculty, staff and campus ROTC detachments. Afterward, starting at noon, there will be a one-mile Warrior Walk.
On Friday, the University will hold a Veterans Day ceremony starting at 9 a.m. at Veterans Park outside Memorial Hall. Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber will preside at the ceremony, which will recognize military-affiliated attendees. Bethany Mavromatis with the 49ers chapter of Student Veterans of America will speak, too.
Tyler Thomas, program manager with the Veterans Services Office, said, “This year’s observance focuses on building community and fellowship among student veterans, military-affiliated students and their dependents, the ROTC detachments and faculty or staff who are veterans. We want the greater Charlotte community to remember that UNC Charlotte was founded to serve the educational aspirations of veterans returning home from WWII and that our current veteran students are connected to the legacy of this institution.”