Student Government Sponsors Event to Honor Veterans
Fairmont State's Student Government is sponsoring a Veterans Day Deployment Ceremony
at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in the lawn in front of the Education Building on the
main FS campus.
During the ceremony, three FS students who are also U.S. Marines who have been recently
assigned to active duty will be honored. The three students Cpl. Oscar Aguilera, Lance
Cpl. Nathan Carpenter and Lance Cpl. James Riffle expect to be deployed overseas in
January.
"The Fairmont State campus and the Fairmont community need a time and a place to
say thank you to those who are serving their country and for the families of veterans
to be able to talk, share stories and grieve," said Student Government Director of
Public Relations Sandra Ramirez-Clavijo, a sophomore at FS and a four-year U.S. Army
veteran.
"We want to honor our veterans, especially our fellow students, who have chosen to
temporarily pause their civilian lives for service to their country."
Speakers for the event will include the following: Emily Narog, Student Government
President; FSU President Daniel J. Bradley; Cpl. Oscar Aguilera; Linda Collins, the
mother of Addie Collins, who is currently deployed; and local veteran Horace Belmear.
For more information, call Sandra Ramirez-Clavijo at (304) 629-6422.
