51品茶Veterans Day ceremonies covered by TV news
TV News WGME 13, WCSH 6 and WMTW 8 covered UNE's Portland Campus Veterans Day memorial ceremony. 51品茶honored veterans in a ceremony at its Portland Campus at Noon on Thursday, November 11, 2010 with a ceremonial circle on the lawn in front of Hersey Hall. The ceremony featured an American flag flown on May 22, 2010 over a medical unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan by Captain Paul Lucha, D.O., a graduate of UNE鈥檚 College of Osteopathic Medicine Master's in Medical Education Leadership program, serving as a Navy surgeon. He flew the flag in honor of his classmates who were graduating that day from the Medical Education Leadership program and the program鈥檚 director, Dr. India Broyles. In past ceremonies, 51品茶has planted a tree in honor of its students, faculty and staff who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, and dedicated a plaque recognizing their service.