U.Va.’s Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine ROTC will honor members of the United States Armed Forces who have been prisoners of war or have been listed as missing in action in a ceremony today at 3:30 p.m. at the McIntire Amphitheater. National POW/MIA Day, which has existed since 2000, is held on the third Friday in September, and U.Va.’s ROTC units set their ceremony date within a week of the national POW/MIA recognition date. Roughly 250 ROTC cadets will march in formation onto the field behind the cadet joint service honor guard at the start of the ceremony and remain in formation while the flag bearer mounts the stage and posts the flag. Full story.

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Christine Todd Whitman, former governor of New Jersey and former Environmental Protection Agency chief under President George W. Bush, will kick off the U.Va. Darden School’s 50th Anniversary Speaker Series, with a lecture titled “A Time for Radical Moderates: Bringing American Politics Back to the Center.” The talk, free and open to the public, will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Darden’s Abbott Center Auditorium. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. The Darden School officially begins its 50th anniversary celebration this weekend, and will incorporate events in more than 50 cities and three continents over a two-year span. Full story.

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