Today, we are also Hokies

Let us pause to remember the students at Virginia Tech who were murdered on Monday. Many of them were, like our club members, planning to become engineers. In addition, three of the victims were professors of Engineering, one of whom (Prof. Librescu) gave up his life blocking the door to protect his students.


President Law has declared Wednesday, 18 April, to be a day of mourning that will include a ceremony at the flagpole at 1:30 pm, and a minute of silence at 9:15 am. See below for details.

Here I link to the Virginia Tech bio pages for the three deceased professors, each of whom was clearly distinguished in his field:

• Liviu Librescu

• Kevin Granata

• G. V. Loganathan

A virtual memorial, but a memorial nonetheless.


From TCC President Bill Law:

"The Tallahassee Community College family is deeply grieved by the inexpressible tragedy at Virginia Tech, and our hearts and prayers go out to our sister institution. That students, teachers and staff should perish in the life-giving pursuit of learning serves to remind us how noble our work is and how much we treasure our students."

Campus activities for Wednesday, April 18, 2007

* We will wear the Virginia Tech colors, maroon and orange.

* At 9:15 a.m., 48 hours after the tragedy, we will leave our classrooms and go outside for a campus wide moment of silence. [eliminated due to last-week exams]

* At 1:30 p.m., we will meet at the flagpole in the center of campus to mourn, and then move inside to the Student Union Ballroom, where counseling will be available and students, faculty and staff will be able to share their thoughts on the tragedy.