Ithaca College

The seventh annual Veterans Day Celebration will be held at noon on Tuesday, November 10, in Ford Hall in the Whalen Center for Music. Members of the Ithaca College community are encouraged to join in the College's salute to those who serve. 

Carl Sgrecci, vice president of finance and administration, will provide a welcome for the ceremony. The IC Brass Choir, conducted by Keith Kaiser, and IC Voices, conducted by Susan Avery, will perform.

This year's keynote speaker is Captain Lawrence Olsen of the U.S. Navy. Captain Olsen is currently serving as the commanding officer and a professor of naval science for the Naval ROTC unit at Cornell University. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit award five times, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal five times, and the Navy Achievement Medal during his career.

View Captain Olsen's Biography

The event is free and open to members of the campus community and the greater Ithaca area. The celebration will conclude by 1:00 p.m.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a donation that will be used in making care packages to send to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Suggested items for donation include Beanie Babies, paperback books, boot socks, foot powder, playing cards, dice, dominoes, Dunkin' Donuts coffee, nuts, and sunflower seeds.  

Find More Information on Care Package Donations (www.give2thetroops.org)

Veterans make up a valued part of Ithaca College and Longview. Veterans who are members of these communities are recognized at https://www.ithaca.edu/veterans/employees/ . If you are an Ithaca College alumnus and veteran or a Longview resident and veteran and wish to be listed, please send an e-mail to veteranscommittee@ithaca.edu. Provide your name, your affiliation with the College or with Longview, graduation year (if applicable), date of service entry, and branch of service.

We look forward to your participation as we honor our Veterans on Tuesday, November 10.