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U.S. Flag Retirement Ceremony, Sept. 9: All Welcome

September 8, 2014

Air Force ROTC Detachment 695 would like formally invite the university community to a flag retirement ceremony on Tuesday, September 9, at 5:45 to 6:10 p.m., in the courtyard of the Chiles Center next to the flagpole. The ceremony is to honor our nation’s flag and those who fought and died protecting it. The date […]

Filed Under: Air Force ROTC, Campus Services Tagged With: AFROTC, Flag Retirement Ceremony, Rob Moriarty

Veterans Day Museum Display

November 18, 2013

The University Museum has created an historical display for Veteran’s Day in honor of those who served in the armed forces, especially students and alumni who lost their lives in service to our country. Included in the tribute is a very touching letter by a 1943 graduate, Corporal Charles “Eddie” McChrystal, to his parents, written about […]

Filed Under: 11-18-2013, Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, University Museum Tagged With: Carolyn Connolly, Charles "Eddie" McChrystal, University museum, Veterans Day

Veteran’s Day Vigil, Ceremony

November 8, 2013

Brigadier general Steven R. Beach will be the featured speaker at the University’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, November 11, at 11 a.m., at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members who have served during times of war, including World War […]

Filed Under: Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Events Tagged With: Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Steven R. Beach, Veteran's Day Vigil

New Faculty In AFROTC

September 23, 2013

Three new instructors have joined the faculty for the University Air Force ROTC detachment 695, according to Carolyn Strong, AFROTC. Colonel Mark S. Bennett is professor of aerospace studies and commander of Detachment 695, where he instructs and mentors more than 120 member of the cadet wing. Major Robert V. Reinebach is assistant professor of […]

Filed Under: Academics, Air Force ROTC Tagged With: Air Force ROTC, Carolyn Strong, L. Robert Moriarty, Mark S. Bennett, Robert V. Reinebach

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Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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