September 4, 2026
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Jessica Pope
Communications and Media Relations Coordinator
VALDOSTA — The Department of Political Science and the Working Group on Conflict and Security at Valdosta State University will host “25 Years Later: The 9/11 Attacks Then and Now” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in Converse Hall Auditorium. This event is open to the public.
Dr. Edward “Ted” Duggan, guest speaker, will reflect on the lasting impact of 9/11 on American foreign policy. He will also take questions from the audience.
Duggan is an associate professor of political science and Model United Nations program adviser at Tallahassee State College. He recently earned a 2026 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award.
Sept. 11, 2001, marked one of the darkest days in American history, when terrorists hijacked four commercial airlines, crashing two into the World Trade Center towers in New York City and a third into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers fought back against the hijackers. Nearly 3,000 lives were lost that day.