Sept. 11 Commemoration to be Held in Center for the Arts

UB will remember the first anniversary of a national tragedy with a Sept. 11 Commemoration to be held at 3 p.m. Sept. 11 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.

President William R. Greiner will present an address at the commemoration. In addition, the university-wide program will include prayers of healing offered by Campus Ministries and a musical celebration by a number of campus music groups.

A memorial stone containing the names of UB alumni who died in the terrorist attacks will be unveiled, and a procession by members of the campus community will escort the stone to the circle in front of the Center for the Arts, where it will be installed near the bronze buffalo.

Throughout the day, the Student Union Theatre and the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts will be open to members of the university community who wish to view national coverage of the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks. In addition, the campus will observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane struck the World Trade Center; 9:03 a.m., the time of the second impact; 9:59 a.m., when the first tower collapsed, and 10:29 a.m., when the second tower toppled. Bells also will toll at 10:29 a.m.