The University of Oregon will be honoring the nation’s veterans with activities scheduled from Nov. 10-13 as part of the seventh annual Veteran’s Awareness Week on campus.

Veteran’s Day is Tuesday, Nov. 11.

“Veterans Awareness Week at the UO is designed to give our campus community an opportunity to come together to recognize those veterans who are our students, faculty, staff and also members of the greater community,” said Justine Carpenter, director of nontraditional student engagement and success. “It is also designed to show support to currently deployed service members and also to honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country.”

A postcard-writing campaign, taking place Nov. 10 through Nov. 12, encourages students, staff and community members to write messages to currently deployed service members. The postcard writing station will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be located inside the Erb Memorial Union Amphitheater.

On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Remembrance Day National Roll Call will take place in the amphitheater from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The roll call is a tribute in which the names of fallen soldiers who served in Operation Enduring Freedom and/or Operation Iraqi Freedom are read out loud.

Also on Nov. 11, a recognition ceremony will be held in the Agate Hall auditorium across from Hayward Field. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. with remarks from interim UO President Scott Coltrane and senior instructor of management Chuck Kalnbach as well as Matthew Garretson and Matthew McCallum, the UO’s Tillman Military Scholars. Following their statements, a photo presentation detailing the UO’s extensive history with the military will be shown.

For student veterans, a lunch hosted by the Veterans and Family Student Association will be held Thursday, Nov. 13, from noon to 2 p.m. in the lower level of the EMU South at McArthur Court, near the Student Veteran’s Center.

The recognition events are organized by the UO administration in conjunction with the UO Nontraditional Student Programs, UO Army ROTC and the Veterans and Family Student Association.

—By Nathaniel Brown, Public Affairs Communications intern