 Roanoke Responds to Virginia Tech Tragedy
Only 30 minutes away from Virginia Tech, the terrible events of this week have really hit home on the campus at Roanoke College. The shootings at Virginia Tech have touched many lives in many ways, and the connections to the Roanoke College community keep growing. The College has offered its deepest condolences and held several events to help the community extend support, offer prayers and even receive counseling. On Monday, a previously scheduled observance of the Holocaust Remembrance Day was expanded to include prayers and remembrances of the Virginia Tech victims. The service closed with prayers and the lighting of candles. On Tuesday at 2 p.m., the college community gathered around the College Bell on the Back Quad and stood silently, listening to the bell ring in honor of those 33 people whose lives had ended. Afterwards, many students, faculty and staff also stopped by the Colket Center to pick up free maroon and orange ribbons to wear through the end of the year in honor of the lives lost. Students gathered on Wednesday to paint the rock as a memorial to the victims at Virginia Tech. For many years, the campus rock has been used as a community billboard of sorts for students to express themselves. The Roanoke College flag, the Virginia state flag and the U.S. flag are all at half-mast. This weekend, as people return for Alumni Weekend, Antrim Chapel will be open for quiet meditation and prayers. A condolence book also will be available in the chapel for alumni, faculty, staff and students to sign. News:
Virginia Colleges Making CD for VT Victims Memorial Fund
Professors and Students Add to VT Poetry Memorial
Roanoke College Rotaract Club Helps Out
Day of Mourning Declared |
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