University recognizes Veterans Day with ceremony, speaker

ULM Hawkeye

ULM’s annual Veterans Day ceremony will be Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. at Bayou Pointe Event Center. 

Students, faculty and staff who are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or are on active duty will be recognized at the ceremony.

Veterans and those on active duty should register by Nov. 9 on the ULM Office of Marketing and Communications’ website.

The guest speaker will be bestselling author Karen Vaughn. 

Vaughn’s book, “World Changer: A Mother’s Story,” is about her son, Aaron Carson Vaughn, who was a Navy Seal and died in action in Afghanistan in 2011.

Vaughn is a spokesperson for servicemen and women serving in foreign countries.

The ceremony is free and open to the public. Face masks are required.