We had two large rooms filled with students, faculty and staff yesterday to watch the inauguration. Students clapped as if they were right there, clearly proud of that moment. They all chuckled too at the fiesty prayer by Dr. Lowery (who spoke on our campus in August of 2007 as we launched our social justice initiative). But it was truly a great day for our community.

About 10 members of our community were actually in DC for the inauguration, albeit 2.5 miles away on the mall with the millions there. Soon I will be able to share some of their pictures and thoughts via this blog. But you can see a clip from the 10 p.m. news from 1/20:

http://arkansasmatters.com/media_player.php?media_id=215221#

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