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Dominican University Hosts AIDS Quilt Display

Dominican University will serve as a host site for the AIDS Memorial Quilt from December 1 through December 3. Dominican’s display of panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, to be held in the Igini Sports Forum, will be the largest in the Chicago area. An opening ceremony will be held on Monday, December 1 at noon and the Quilt will be available for viewing until 7:00 p.m., and again on Tuesday, December 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, December 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a growing collection of approximately 50,000 six-foot by three-foot panels commemorating the lives of those who have died of AIDS. Ron Galt, director of Dominican’s University Ministry, spearheaded the effort to bring the panels to the Dominican University campus two years ago and again this year in an attempt to raise awareness of the fact that AIDS is still very present on a national and global scale.

“This is a wonderful way to honor individuals who have died from this disease,” said Galt. “ We are very proud to be a part of this important project and to have this opportunity to share Dominican University’s values of truth and compassion with the wider community.”

The AIDS Memorial Quilt began in 1987 in San Francisco when Cleve Jones, an AIDS and gay rights activist, gathered friends to begin sewing something of beauty as a tribute to those who had died of AIDS. The first 2,000 quilt panels, illustrated with the names and symbols, were displayed in October 1987 on the Capitol Mall in Washington, DC. Today, the Quilt has more than 50,000 panels and has traveled around the world.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 15 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Graduate School of Business and Information Systems, the School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work and the Institute for Adult Learning. In the 2004 issue of America’s Best College, US News & World Report again ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master’s level universities and as a “best value” for the sixth consecutive year.

For more information about the AIDS Quilt display, call Ron Galt at (708) 524-6683.