ROTC Cadets Honor Fallen Soldiers in Mountain Man Memorial March

Sixteen Eastern Kentucky University ROTC cadets, along with five cadets from the University of the Cumberlands, participated in the Mountain Man Memorial March on April 20 in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

The 26.2-mile track through the city and into Smoky Mountains National Park is an event to honor fallen soldiers and their families. Each team carries a gold star flag signed by the family, as well as a photograph and biography of the soldier. The cadets participating in the marathon and half-marathon (running and rucking) spent weeks training before classes, sometimes as early as 3 a.m., to be prepared for the event.

EKU participants were: Logan Hart, Highland Heights; Jake Buerger, Union; Adam Thompson, Radcliff; Jacob Mangan, Kevin Hemmelgarn, Jeffrey Cutrer and Ben Cuthbertson, Louisville; Martin Mudd, Bardstown; Dylan Baine, Independence; Bryan Buttry, Hendersonville, Ohio; Kayla Verett, Beavercreek, Ohio; J.P. Gramig, Honolulu, Hawaii; Zachary Creutzinger, Cincinnati, Ohio; Beth Fariello, Elizabethtown; Victoria Powell, Madison, Ala.; and Ashleigh Livingston, Richmond.

Livingston finished the 26-mile individual run in first place for her age division, and Fariello and Powell completed the full marathon in first and second place, respectively. Creutzinger, third in the full marathon, received fifth place in the individual military heavy category.

The Mountain Man Memorial March began in 2008 when University of Tennessee students marched for their fallen peer, 1st Lt. Frank Walkup. EKU ROTC cadets have marched for the last four years, with the full marathon team marching three years for Sgt. 1st Class Harvey Crabtree and the half marathon team for Pfc. James McClamrock.

Published on May 01, 2013

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Memorial Service April 24 to Honor Lives and Contributions to Members of Eastern Family

A University-wide memorial service will be held Wednesday, April 24 to honor and celebrate the lives and contributions of members of the Eastern Kentucky University family – current and retired faculty and staff and students – who have died since April 2012.

The service, at 4 p.m. in the Meditation Chapel, will include remarks from President Whitlock and other University officials.

The event will honor students Caleb Blair, Kimberly Burton, Ernie Gillis, Kelly Harty, Douglas Hopper, Seth Taylor Myatt, Thomas Newsome, Cloyd Pearson, Ashley Slone, Kyle Thacker; staff members J.C. (Whitie) Agee, Roger Cain, Rosie Cain, Mary Coyle, Hanly Funderburk, Bobby Howard, Wanda Sue Lainhart, Diana Stapleton, Karyn Kuhn Yates, Bobby Young; and faculty members William Clay, Homer Davis, Charlotte Denny, Fred Engle, Dean Gatwood, Timothy Kiogora, John C. Lawson, Mary Jo McClure, Nancy Peel, Gil Rosenberg, Homer Tracy, and Clifford Wilson.

Family, friends and members of the campus community are invited to attend. For more information about the event, call the office of the University Chaplain, 859-622-1723.

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Students to Participate in Sandy Hook Memorial Concert

Students to Participate in Sandy Hook Memorial Concert - Press Releases   Search   The Office ofUniversity Relations Students to Participate in Sandy Hook Memorial Concert Posted by Dwight Bachman on January 22, 2013 12:10 PM

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            Willimantic, Conn. - Eastern Connecticut State University students will take part in a memorial concert for one of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims on Feb. 2 from 6-9 p.m. at Naugatuck High School in Naugatuck, CT. Two of Eastern's acappella groups -- "Key of She" and "Fallin' Flat" -- will perform at the event, dubbed "Perform For Peace: A Concert to Benefit." The public is invited. Tickets will be sold at the door. Admission is $10; $5 if you bring a non-perishable food item. All food items will be donated to the local food bank.

The concert, which will focus on promoting peace and positivity, will benefit the Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung Memorial Fund. Hochsprung was the principal at Sandy Hook; she died while trying to protect her students. Hochsprung's family has established a scholarship fund in her honor to benefit students from her hometown high school who are planning to pursue a career in education.

Other groups and individuals performing include: The "AcaBellas" from Central University State University (CCSU); CCSU "Too Good For Instruments"; "University of Connecticut (UConn) Chordials"; "UConn Notes Over Storrs"; Hartford's "Love Note Sentiment"; Naugatuck Community Choir; Derek Waldron; Nathan Glenister; Everett Casini; and the Rubber City Blues Band.

For more information on the Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung Memorial Fund, visit www.dawnhochsprungmemorialfund.org. For more information about "Perform For Peace: A Concert to Benefit," email Jessica Johnson at johnsonjes@my.easternct.edu.

 

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Singing Groups to Present Newtown Memorial Concert

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Willimantic, Conn: -- More than 200 singers and orchestra members from more than 20 ensembles across Connecticut, including Eastern Connecticut State University's Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers, will combine to present a memorial concert on Jan. 13 at 5 p.m. at St. Joseph's Church at 99 Jackson St. in Willimantic in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.  The public is invited. Admission is free; however, donations will be collected at the door.

 The concert, organized by David Belles, professor of music at Eastern, will present Faure's "Requiem" and other selections. Eastern's Chamber Singers and members of Guilford High School Chamber Singers will also perform "There Will be Rest" by Frank Tichelli. Some of the groups performing include Willimantic-based Renaissance Revival; Norwich Diocesan Choir; Concert Choir of Northeastern Connecticut; Vernon Chorale; Mystic River Chorale; Greater Middletown Chorale; E.O. Smith High School; Guilford High School; Hartford Gay Men's Chorus; Hartford Chorale; Hartford-based CONCORA AND VOCE, two professional choirs; Storrs Congregational Church; St. Mark's Chapel; and the Storrs and the Putnam Congregational Church.

Eastern Performing Arts Professor Anthony Cornicello will compose a work for organ to be dedicated and premiered during the concert, and the Willimantic-based Thread City Brass Quintet will perform prelude music.

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