Stony Brook University Sets Its September 11 Remembrance
Stony Brook University will mark September 11 with a full day of quiet tributes across campus, built around the memorial arch that carries the names of 21 alumni who died in the attacks. That arch will be open for reflection from early morning into the afternoon, and visitors can leave a flower among the trees planted there in their memory. The campus bells will ring 21 times shortly before nine in the morning, one toll for each name.
Through the middle of the day, the space between the Student Activities Center and the library will host a pinwheel planting open to anyone on campus, meant as a shared gesture of hope. A short guided meditation session runs around midday as part of the university's wellness programming, offering a few minutes of calm in the middle of the afternoon rush. Over at the Wang Center, a viewing room in East Hall will run documentaries and remembrance footage for most of the morning and into mid afternoon, giving people a place to sit with the day at their own pace.
It is the kind of remembrance that asks for presence more than performance, a walk past the arch, a moment by the pinwheels, nothing more required. You can read the university's own account of the day through Patch.
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