Each Sept. 11, Aggies studying abroad at Texas A&M University’s Santa Chiara Center in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy, join their Italian hosts in a ceremony at a memorial designed by College of Architecture students in memory of those lost in the 2001 terrorist attacks.
An article by Meredith Zdenek published in the Sept. 11, 2008 Battalion, highlights the history of the memorial, which was designed by Texas A&M architecture students Whitney Skinner, Virginia Sternat and Lisa Andel, and notes the continuing role the memorial plays uniting the visiting Aggie students and the town’s residents.
"The memorial for Sept. 11 was made because we cannot, and should not, forget what has happened,” said Paolo Barucchieri, executive professor of architecture and director of the Santa Chiara Center.
Read Zdenek’s story at The Battalion website.
