President Joseph I. Castro has ordered that the university’s national and state flags be flown at half-staff effective immediately today until sunset Monday, December 9, as a mark of respect for the memory of Nelson Mandela per President Obama’s Presidential Proclamation — Death of Nelson Mandela.
The flags also will be posted at half-staff on Saturday, December 7, 2013, for “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day” per Congress Public Law 103-308, as amended, designating December 7 of each year as such and per President Obama’s Presidential Proclamation — National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2013.