[Important Information for Employees] Honoring Our Veterans

[Office of the President]

Dear Campus Community,

On this Veterans Day, I would like each of us to take a moment to pause, to
reflect, remember and honor those who have served the United States in
times of conflict or peace.

Traditionally marked at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day in the
eleventh month, Armistice Day was created in 1919 at the conclusion of
World War I. It has often been accompanied with parades, commemorations,
and flag ceremonies.

While the college will not have a public ceremony today, as we have often
had with local veterans, it is no less important to recognize and thank all
who have served the nation in this way.

After the last national election in 2016, then-President Obama shared words
to the veterans that seem very appropriate today:

"Veterans Day often follows a hard-fought political campaign -- an exercise
in the free speech and self-government that you fought for. It often lays
bare disagreements across our nation. But the American instinct has never
been to find isolation in opposite corners. It is to find strength in our
common creed, to forge unity from our great diversity, to sustain that
strength and unity even when it is hard."

"And when the election is over, as we search for ways to come together --
to reconnect with one another and with the principles that are more
enduring than transitory politics -- some of our best examples are the men
and women we salute on Veterans Day."

Dr. Alexander Enyedi
President
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