Seton Hill University students, faculty and staff participated in yesterday’s national school walkout. The walkout started at 10 a.m. on the Admin front lawn and lasted for 17 minutes to honor each of the 17 lives lost in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14. SHU was one of numerous schools across the United States to honor the victims and protest for stronger gun laws.
The participants walked around campus to Sullivan Lawn after a prayer and brief remarks from SHU President Mary Finger and other members of the SHU community. There was also a letter writing event following the walkout, where students could write to legislators about issues related to gun violence, and a coffee talk later in the evening about gun control.
Click here to watch the Setonian’s Facebook livestream of the walkout at SHU.
Photos by Laramie Cowan, Setonian Editor-in-Chief.
Students hold a banner in memory of the lives lost in the Umpqua Community College shooting in 2015. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Students hold banner in memory of the lives lost in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Students hold a banner in memory of the lives lost in the shooting at the University of Texas at Austin in 1966. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
President Mary Finger spoke to the participating SHU faculty and students before the march to Sullivan lawn. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
SHU freshman Mark Nealon speaks at beginning of SHU’s walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Students, faculty and staff gather on Admin front lawn at Seton Hill University for the walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Students hold a banner in honor of the lives lost in the Red Lake shootings in 2005. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Students hold a banner in memory of the lives lost in the shooting at Oikos University in 2012. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Elise Michaux, SHU’s director of student involvement, leads students as they begin their walk around campus. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Seton Hill University was one of the 2,500 planned walkouts participating in the National School Walkout Day on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
SHU campus police escorted participants as they walked around campus on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Participants walk around SHU’s campus as part of the national school walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Participants walk around SHU’s campus as part of the national school walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Participants walk around SHU’s campus as part of the national school walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Participants walk around SHU’s campus as part of the national school walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Participants walk around SHU’s campus as part of the national school walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Participants walk around SHU’s campus as part of the national school walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Participants walk around SHU’s campus as part of the national school walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Elise Michaux, SHU’s director of student involvement, stands with participants at the end of the walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
Participants at Seton Hill University gather on the sidewalk surrounding Sullivan Lawn at the end of the walk around campus as part of the national school walkout on March 14. Photo by L.Cowan/Setonian.
