More than 100 veterans among the university’s faculty, staff and students were recognized during a Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 in Rice Memorial Center’s Ray Courtyard.
The ceremony was led by Corina Knowlton, executive assistant in Human Resources, and featured remarks by Tom Kolditz, executive director of Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders; William Lyles III, a graduate student at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business; and McMurtry College sophomore and Naval ROTC Midshipman Tullie St. John.
Music was provided by the Marching Owl Band; Senhica Klee, a graduate student in Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, sang the national anthem; and Matthew Ross, a graduate student in the Shepherd School, performed taps.