Friday, May 3, 2013
8:15 PM
GWU Mid Campus Quad, Kogan Plaza
Between 21st and 22nd Street NW; G and H Street NW

Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was the first Foreign Service Officer to be killed in Afghanistan since the 1970s. On April 6, Smedinghoff joined a convoy bound for the official opening of a new school in the Zabul province of Afghanistan. A suicide bomber killed her, along with four other Americans.

Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Sorority is hosting a candlelight vigil and remembrance ceremony to recognize her service and life. The vigil will feature Professor Celina Realuyo as a faculty speaker, a student speaker about Foreign Service, and the GW Pitches. The candlelight vigil will be held on Foreign Affairs Day, on Friday, March 3, in Mid Campus Quad of Kogan Plaza of the George Washington University, located between 21st and 22nd Streets NW and G and H Streets NW.

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