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Dr. Abeer Mustafa was the keynote speaker of the Veterans Day Luncheon. After graduating from high school in Houston, Mustafa enlisted in the U.S. Army\u2014serving for four years and attaining the rank of E-4. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

When Dr. Abeer Mustafa told her mother that she intended to spend the summer taking time off after graduating from high school, her mother made a simple statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cEither you go to college or you get married,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mustafa did neither. She enlisted in the U.S. Army but didn\u2019t tell her parents until the night before she was to leave her home in Houston for basic training in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

When the Army recruiter arrived at the door to pick her up the next day, Mustafa said, her father also had a simple statement. \u201cOh, she\u2019s not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

She did go somewhere and spent four years in the Army, serving as a frontline medic from 1990 to 1994.<\/p>\n

Mustafa, now UTC associate vice chancellor for enrollment management and student affairs overseeing Housing and Residence Life, was the keynote speaker at the Chancellor\u2019s Annual Veterans Day Luncheon on Friday, Nov. 10, attended by students, faculty and staff who are veterans or active military.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stand before you today with a profound sense of gratitude and respect for the dedication and sacrifice you have made for the people of this nation,\u201d Mustafa told the luncheon group.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gather to express our heartfelt thanks for the sacrifices made by those remarkable individuals, sacrifices that have ensured the safety and security of our country and those we hold most dear,\u201d she said. \u201cYour unwavering commitment to our nation\u2019s values and ideals inspire each and every one of us, but we have not forgotten the service of the veterans. That does not end when we hang up our uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Army creed is still one of her guiding philosophies, Mustafa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a member of a team. I am committed to the mission. I will never quit. I am disciplined. I am an expert and I am a professional,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

At the luncheon, three veterans also were presented with handmade Quilts of Valor for their service.<\/p>\n

Fran Randolph, group leader of the QOV Belles, gave the quilts to Dr. John Harbison, professor of practice for the Learning and Leadership programs at\u00a0UTC and a member of the Army from 1979 until 2000; Joseph Rowell, who was in the Army from 2000 to 2020; and Bradley Thomas Crush, who was in the U.S. Marines from 2012 to 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we make quilts, we have three messages that we want to communicate,\u201d Randolph said. \u201cOne, we want to honor you. We want to honor you for leaving all that you hold dear. To put yourself in harm\u2019s way or in potential harm\u2019s way for us, for me, for our community, for our state, for our country.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond, we want to say, \u2018Thank you.\u2019 Thank you because we know that the cost of freedom is never, never free. The cost of freedom is the dedication of men and women like many of you who went, who were called, who did what you were told, didn\u2019t always want to, and you may not have requested to do it, but you did it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd third, our quilts are for comfort,\u201d she said, to help soothe those who suffered obvious wounds and also those whose wounds \u201care on the inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the luncheon, UTC senior David Gattis received the UC Foundation Sgt. David Alex Stephens Scholarship, awarded to an undergraduate student on active duty with one of the U.S. military branches or who has previously received an honorable discharge.<\/p>\n

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Veterans Day Luncheon photo gallery by Angela Foster<\/h4>\n
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