This year's ceremony will feature Dr. Carol Meza-Bakke, a 2014 graduate of Pittsburg State University and an Army combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient with 12 years of military experience.   

She is the founder of Outside the Wire Veterans Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and is faculty member in the School of History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences. 

The ceremony also will feature remarks by the PSU president and the vice president for university advancement; a color guard by the PSU ROTC; musical selections by local music students; and the recognition of those for whom pavers have been recently installed. 

Sixth-grade classes from Pittsburg Community Middle School and St. Mary’s will attend as a civics lesson. The ceremony is open to the public. 

In the event of rain or inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved indoors to the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, 1711 S. Homer, a block west of the Veterans Memorial.