Duke To Commemorate 9/11 Anniversary With A Variety Of Events
One year after the Sept. 11 attacks, the university honors those who died.
September 5, 2002 | DURHAM, NC -- A year after the Sept. 11 attacks, Duke University will spend the day in remembrance through a variety of events that honor the more than 3,000 people who died in the attacks -- including six alumni -- and that involve faculty members and others in a discussion of the meaning of the tragic events.
In a memo to senior officials, John F. Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said the university wanted the occasion to be somber and respectful. "Central to our thinking is the need for a series of events akin to the respectful ceremony that was held in New York City at the conclusion of the World Trade Center excavations," Burness said.
Campus events on Sept. 11 start with an 8 a.m. memorial at the Duke University Museum of Art on East Campus, which is exhibiting photographs of spontaneous memorials that appeared in New York after the attacks. Speakers will include Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane and Aimee Malloy of the Municipal Art Society of New York.
Beginning at 8:46 a.m., Duke Chapel will ring a single chime six times during the morning, timed to the exact minute that the four planes crashed and the two towers of the World Trade Center came down.
At 11 a.m., six chimes will be rung that represent the six alumni who died on Sept. 11. Immediately following the ringing of the chimes, there will be a simple ceremony outside the new West Edens Link at which six trees will be planted in a memorial grove in honor of those alumni.
At noon, in front of Duke Chapel, Duke Student Government will sponsor a memorial program involving Duke's Army ROTC unit and representatives of the Durham Fire Department, the Durham Police Department and the Duke Police Department.
At 7 p.m., there will be a symposium at the Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy, moderated by Sanford Institute director Bruce Jentleson. Panelists will include Professor of Public Policy Studies Bruce Kuniholm, Professor of English Maureen Quilligan, Professor of Law Scott Silliman and Professor of Medicine Bart Haynes. The panelists will discuss topics ranging from the legal and foreign policy aspects of the war on terrorism to the latest medical news about defending against bioterrorism.
In addition to these university proceedings, several units are sponsoring commemorative events. At 10 a.m., the Divinity School will hold its weekly service in York Chapel. Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, will preach at the service.
Duke Chapel will be open during the day for members of the campus community to pray or reflect on the events of Sept. 11 and its aftermath. Beginning at 9 a.m., there will be prayers read on the hour by members of the chapel and campus ministry staff. There will be a brief interfaith service at 1 p.m. offered by members of the Religious Life staff, followed by meditative organ music at 1:30 p.m. and a special choral vespers program at 5:15 p.m. A special Catholic mass will be held in the chapel at 9 p.m.
Classes will be held as scheduled throughout the day. Keohane and Provost Peter Lange are encouraging members of the faculty to include in their courses, as appropriate, discussion of topics relevant to this anniversary.
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