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Article: UNIVERSITY'S CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT USES ART, RENOVATED SPACE TO HONOR VICTIMS OF APRIL 16, 2007
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 21, 2009
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BLACKSBURG, Va., July 6 -- The Virginia Department of Education's Cooperative Extension Service issued the following news release:
The summer 2009 dedication of renovated space on the second floor of Patton Hall, home to several of the civil and environmental engineering students who lost their lives on April 16, 2007, as well as their professor G.V. Loganathan, "was the culmination of two years of effort in the department to honor the victims," said William A. Knocke, civil and environmental engineering professor and department head.
On June 26, a formal dedication of the renovated area was held. A private ceremony for family members and survivors of the tragedy featured the unveiling of ...