Gregg Favre, a captain with the St. Louis Fire Department who received the University of Central Missouri’s 2014 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award, will be the guest speaker at the 2015 Patriot Day 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at UCM. The observance begins at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the quadrangle. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved to Hendricks Hall.

The public is invited to attend the annual ceremony, which is in remembrance of individuals who lost their lives in terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. In addition to Favre’s remarks, the event features a welcome by Deborah Curtis, UCM provost-chief learning officer; singing of the national anthem by A1C Andrew T. Smith, of Whiteman Air Force Base; rifle tribute by Clinton High School Junior ROTC Armed Exhibition Team, directed by Lt. Col. Maella M. Blalock; performance of TAPS by A1C Thomas Richards and A1C Amanda Blossom, of WAFB; and the firing of a cannon and return of flags to full- and half-mast by the UCM Army ROTC battalion.

Also part of the event will be a ceremonial bell ringing to honor first responders who lost their lives in 9/11. The bell ringing will be conducted by Scott Ammon, a local firefighter and UCM assistant professor of safety sciences, with participation by Warrensburg, Johnson County and WAFB firefighters. A moment of reflection, “And Then,” will be presented by Maj. Jason “J.C.” Christenson, professor of military science and leadership at UCM.

In addition to the Patriot Day ceremony, mobile units for the Kansas City VA and The Kansas City Vet Center will be on campus from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 11 on Union Street to provide information and services to veterans.

To learn more about the Patriot Day event, contact Jeff Huffman or Delilah Nichols in Military and Veteran Services. Email jhuffman@ucmo.edu or nichols@ucmo.edu or call 660-543-8977.

Event attendees are encouraged to park at the Multipurpose Building, Lot 33, Washington and King streets, west of Audrey J. Walton Stadium. There will be limited parking spaces available in the visitor parking lots at South and Maguire streets on the north side of the Administration Building and at Clark and Holden streets on the south side of the Elliott Student Union.