(Nov. 14, 2015, updates continuing) -- Below are continuing updates after CSULB Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, perished in the Fri. Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris.
UPDATE re Sunday vigil: CSULB says in a release that it will "host a vigil to mourn the passing of student Nohemi Gonzalez and other victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. The vigil will also recognize the students from France enrolled at CSULB in a foreign exchange program." Date and time: Sunday, November 15, at 4:00 p.m. Location: Friendship Walk near the bottom level, north entrance of the University Student Union. CSULB adds: "Those wishing to bring flowers and other items to memorialize those lost in the attacks are encouraged to place them at the Lymon Lough Fountain on the east side of Brotman Hall." [Scroll down for further.] |
LBREPORT.com has on-demand extended VIDEO of a CSULB news conference (Sat. Nov. 14, 2:30 p.m.): To launch, click here or on video icon below:
At the news conference (next to last question), LBREPORT.com asked if the State Dept. or the White House had been in touch with CSULB and if so what they said. CSULB Terri Carbaugh (Associate Vice President Legislative & External Relations) looked at CSULB President Close Conoley, who shook her head "no", and Ms. Carbaugh indicated there had been no contact. [Question asked shortly before 3 p.m. PST Nov. 14.; spokesperson notes she has no info on contacts, if any, with Chancellor's office.] Ms. Gonzalez was study design at the Strate -- Ecole de Design -- which issued a touching statement on Facebook (below.) At the news conference, CSULB President Jane Close Conoley said Ms. Gonzalez was shot at while at a Paris restaurant with two other LB students and, one of the other two students reported to CSULB, was taken away on a stretcher. Sixteen other CSULB students abroad are safe, CSULB spokesperson Carbaugh said, and noted that roughly 80 students from France are studying at CSULB. (During the news conference, a student overhearing the event shouted, "Je suis Parisien aussi. Vive la France." (I'm also a Parisian. Long live France.) Others speaking at the news conference were Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia (spoke in English and Spanish), CSULB Professor Michael LaForte (in Design Program, where Ms. Gonzalez was a student), LB City College Superintendent/President Eloy Oakley and LB Unified School District Superintendent Chris Steinhauser. At the news conference, CSULB spokesperson Carbaugh asked that friends and family wishing to leave flowers or remembrances do so near the fountain outside Brotman Hall. Scroll down for further
A message on the Facebook page of the Paris school's website states:
As reported earlier in multiple press outlets including the NYTimes, ISIS has claimed credit for the attacks. In its release, CSULB stated: California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) was killed during the attacks in and around Paris on November 13. Nohemi Gonzalez, from El Monte, Calif., was a junior studying design. She was in Paris attending Strate College of Design during a semester abroad program. Specific details of her passing are not available at this time. The university will hold a vigil at 4 pm on Sunday to mourn Gonzalez’s passing and to grieve for all the victims of the atrocious attack. More information about the vigil will be shared as details are finalized. "On behalf of all Californians, Anne and I extend our deepest condolences to the Gonzalez family, Nohemi’s friends and the entire Long Beach State community impacted by this senseless tragedy." blog comments powered by Disqus Recommend LBREPORT.com to your Facebook friends:
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