Campus events commemorate 9/11
Friday, Sept. 9
9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Display
The University will hold a ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11 at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, on the lawn in front of Buchtel Hall. All are invited.
Among the dignitaries scheduled to speak are:
- Dr. Charles J. Fey, vice president of student engagement and success;
- Paul Callahan, chief of the University’s police department.
A moment of silence will be observed as well.
Sponsored by: The Office of the President, the Vice President for Student Engagement and Success, the Department of Student Life, UAPD, Physical Facilities Operation Center, Department of Residence Life and Housing and College Republicans.
Saturday, Sept. 10
Football: Zips vs. Temple
Various commemorations are planned during the Zips' game versus Temple. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field. Learn more.
Sponsored by: The Department of Athletics.
Resilience and Remembrance Exhibit: Reflections on War, Trauma and Peace
Display continues through March 31, 2012.
Sponsored by: The Center for the History of PsychologyAre we missing your event? Let us know.
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, profoundly affected the American psyche, prompting many of the world’s psychologists to study subsequent phenomena. The media’s images of the attacks and stories of first responders and survivors continue to bring about a broad array of emotions among us all, ranging from patriotism to despair.
The University of Akron’s Center for the History of Psychology (CHP) examined these effects on Sept. 8 at a symposium, “Resilience and Remembrance: 9/11 Ten Years Later.”
The center also has opened the exhibit, “Resilience and Remembrance: Reflections on War, Trauma and Peace.” The display, which includes artifacts from Ground Zero, will be open through March 31, 2012.
An Oral History Booth also will be available for visitors to record their thoughts and feelings related to the events of Sept. 11 or other personal trauma.
“The events of 9/11 changed America and the world. Ten years later we continue to come to terms with what it all means,” says Dr. David Baker, Margaret Clark Morgan executive director of the Center for the History of Psychology and professor of psychology.
Dorothy Gruich, coordinator of the Center for the History of Psychology, holds a helmet signed by volunteer firefighters at Ground Zero following 9/11. The helmet, given to Dr. James Rogers, professor of counseling, is part of an exhibit of 9/11 artifacts at the center that opened on Sept. 8.
The exhibit has been in the works since 2002, when the Archives established a special collection dedicated to documenting the impact, reaction and response of the psychology community to the events and aftermath of Sept. 11. Referred to as the 9/11 Project, the Archives solicited materials from psychologists that documented individual and organizational responses, such as correspondence among and between members of groups providing aid and assistance to those directly affected by the attacks, as well as representations by psychologists and psychological organizations to the general public. Artifacts include television clips, newspaper articles and summaries of experiences.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
The CHP is housed in the refurbished former Roadway Express records building at 73 College St., at the corner of College and Mill streets on the UA campus. For more information, call 330-972-7285 or visit http://www.uakron.edu/chp.
About The Center for the History of Psychology (CHP)
Established in 1965 as the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP), the Center for the History of Psychology has grown to include a Museum of Psychology in its new facility opened August 2010. The CHP preserves and promotes the historical record of psychology and related human sciences. An affiliate of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution, CHP houses the largest collection of its kind in the world, including artifacts, media, tests, books and a manuscript collection featuring the papers of more than 740 psychologists.
Media contact: Sarah Lane, 330-972-7429 or slane@uakron.edu.