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Banners from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
White paper banners reading: Our Thoughts are with You: University of Wisconsin: UWMilwaukee. Various messages, prayers, signatures and artwork cover the banners. Message to Gayle from Brittany Fraser. Some Sanskrit, Chinese, Spanish, and possibly more. Quantity: 3. Size: 92.5" long by 92.5" tall. -
Banner from the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech
Large white cloth banner reading in orange, black and red, respectively: Hokies: for: Huskies. There is a huskie dog logo in the bottom left-hand corner as well. Various messages, prayers and signatures cover the banner. A condolence note is pinned to the bottom of the banner from Amelia R. Davis. Size: 64" tall by 96" long. -
Banner from New York University Inter-Greek Council
Beige cloth banner with NYU torch and huskie dog logos reading: NYU Stands With NIU. Various messages, prayers and signatures cover the banner. Some Greek, Spanish, Sanskrit and possibly more. Letter included with a condolence note signed by the Greek Community of NYU. Size: 50" tall by 85" long. -
Banner from the College for Creative Studies
White cloth banner reading in red, white and black: NIU. There is a CCS logo at the bottom right corner as well. Various messages, prayers and signatures cover the banner, with some small artwork as well. Size: 44.5" tall by 80" long. -
Blanket from University Ministry at Dominican University
White fleece blanket with blue and black border reading in blue: Embracing all in prayer...from Dominican University: River Forest, Illinois. Card included with picture of building on front and various messages, prayers and signatures inside. Main message in card reads: To the NIU Senate & Executive Board: Dominican University is thinking of you & here for you at this time: Please accept our condolences & support: Warm Regards: Meg Hoppe, DU SGA President. Size: (Blanket) 29" tall by 34.5" long; (Card) 5" tall by 7" wide. -
Flag from Grand Valley State University Student Senate
White vinyl flag with large GVSU symbol in blue and black reading: NIU: GVSU. Various messages, prayers and signatures cover the flag. Two brass ringlets on left edge suggest that this is a flag, though it could be seen as a banner. Size: 36.25" tall by 57" long. -
Care Package from the College of DuPage
Items included in care package are as follows: Item #1: School newspaper - Courier - from February 22, 2008. The headline on the paper reads: NIU grief counseling provided to students. Inside the paper on page 3 is an announcement of the upcoming NIU Day of Remembrance on February 25th, 2008. Item #2: School newspaper - Courier - from February 29, 2008. The headline on the paper reads: Monday's standing room only memorial allows students, employees time to grieve NIU's loss. Inside paper on page 3 is an article about the DuPage Ribbon & Button Project for NIU Remembrance. Item #3: Black marble paperweight with gray etching with DuPage logo reading: College of DuPage Foundation. Item #4: Shiny, dark gray ball-point pen with DuPage logo reading on cap: College of DuPage. Item #5: White button with crying huskie dog logo reading in black and red: Today we are all Huskies: College of DuPage. Attached to pin is a small black ribbon. Size: 2.25" diameter. Item #6: Leather journal with feather pen on cover and gold-trim pages. Inside are messages and signatures from the community of the College of DuPage. About half of the pages are filled with hundreds of messages. First page has a poem by William Wordsworth entitled "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood." Size: 7" wide by 9.25" tall. Item #7: Photographs from the College of DuPage's Day of Remembrance for NIU. Two print-outs of photographs, the rest of which are included in their original size on a CD-R. Item #8: Program / Transcription of the proceedings of the NIU Day of Remembrance held at the College of DuPage on February 25, 2008. Program is bound together with black ribbon and has a crying huskie dog logo at the top of the front page. Size: 8.5" wide by 11" tall. -
Posters from Fairleigh Dickinson University
White posters reading: Expression of Sympathy from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Condolence note underneath heading and various messages, prayers and signatures on the posters. Quantity: 2. Size: 17" tall by 24" long. -
Quilt from Mary Chesnut
White quilt with gray pattern reading: Heartbroken. On the quilt are the following decorations: (1) five crosses in snow with each of the five victims names and a small fabric rose sewn onto them; (2) a tree with broken hearts on the branches; (3) a photograph of NIU Campus; (4) a map of northern Illinois with a bullseye on DeKalb; (5) a calendar of the month of February with a red ribbon pinned on the 14th; and (6) two messages of support (one being a Native American proverb). There is also a note sewn on the back explaining the significance of the quilt's creation. Size: 23.5" wide by 29.5" tall. -
Banners from Sycamore Middle School
Banner #1: Long red, white and black paper banner reading: Forward Together Forward. There is a large paper ribbon on the left side of the banner reading: NIU. At the center of the ribbon is a Cities of DeKalb and Sycamore poster with a huskie dog over a black ribbon logo. At the right edge the banner reads: SMS. Various messages, prayers and signatures cover the banner. Size: 49.5" tall by 138" long. Banner #2: Black paper banner with five red paw-print cutouts and two red cutouts reading: NIU. At the right is a white piece of paper with a huskie dog over black ribbon logo reading: Sycamore Middle School Students: Please take a moment to place your signature on our memorial banner [...]. Size: 33.75" tall by 36" long. Banner #3: Black paper banner shaped like a shield with an envelope reading: A Donation for NIU. Size: 20" wide by 21.5" tall. There are also two cutouts of the letters "I" and "U" that have either fallen off of banner or were never attached.