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 Trail of the Torch is a Student Alumni Association (SAA) event that kicks off each school year. The event recently captured a Gold Medal for Excellence in student programs from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. CASE, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is the largest nonprofit education association with memberships representing more than 3,000 colleges, universities and independent schools around the world. The annual awards are both highly competitive and prestigious.
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FIU students celebrate the 2005 Trail of the Torch to kick off the school
year. Click on the image to see more photos in the gallery . |
The Trail of the Torch is organized by the Student Alumni Association with funding assistance from the Student Government Association to welcome incoming freshmen. It came about when the SAA learned that FIU's icon, the Torch of Knowledge, Service and Understanding, which is traditionally lit for school's opening day, would remain extinguished because of budget cuts. With the guidance of Alumni Relations Assistant Director Sean Kramer, the students worked to ensure that the torch would be lit for at least one week every year, during FIU's Welcome Week in the fall semester. The Trail of the Torch is an annual tradition.
History
More than 400 students gathered at the University Park campus for FIU's first Trail of the Torch. It began with a lighting of the processional torch at "The Cage,” FIU's football stadium. Students then wound their way across campus on a two-mile trek through residence halls to buildings and finally to the center of campus where the Torch of Knowledge, Service and Understanding stands. The entire time, students chanted and sang FIU cheers. There was a palpable unity in the air and a collective roar came from the crowd as the Torch was lit by students. The event ended with a festive party.
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