Senior Class Gift
—Moments in Time: A Milestone Year —
Class of 2002
Senior Class Gift
University of Maryland
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Moments In Time:
A Milestone Year
"If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it."
excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If"
Fall 2001
September 11
Terror strikes World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA
September 12
Memorial vigil on McKeldin Mall
September 24
Tornado tears through campus
September 29
Opening of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
November 4
Women's field hokey wins ACC Championship
November 10
Terps Football claims ACC title
November 14
Nelson Mandela speaks in Cole Field House
December 22
Fall Commencement
"Tears of sadness for the tragedies we suffered this year were followed by tears of joy as this university and this country embraced national solidarity, achieving victory over adversity." -
Candice Cooper, Class of 2002
Spring 2002
January
2
Terps Football competes in Orange Bowl
February 8
Winter Olympics open in Salt Lake City
March 3
Men's Basketball wins ACCC title in final game at Cole Field House
April 1
Men's Basketball claims first National Championship
April 26
Annual Calvert Cotillion
April 27
Annual Maryland Day
May 23
Spring Commencement
"It was not the lessons that we were taught while we were here, but rather the experiences we shared — from the everyday events to the monumental occurrences which changed our world — that have pushed us into our future." - Kerri Owen, Class of 2002
Fall 2002
September 20
Stamp Student Union's Hoff Theater reopens
October 11
Opening of Comcast Center with Midnight Madness
November 13
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks in Cole Field House
November 17
Men's Soccer claims ACC title
December 21
Fall Commencement
"Looking back on this milestone year, I realize with sadness that innocence has been lost: my country's and my own. Yet I will leave this place ready to face the world, for I have learned! Learned what it means to rise above the times to brave the storm and, through it all, to hold my head up high." - Rachel
Griffin, Class of 2002
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