After the ceremony, documentation of the ribbon cutting will be forwarded to the Guinness World Record Office for verification and possible inclusion in future editions of the Guinness Book of World Records. Attempting a world-record ribbon cutting seemed a fun way to accomplish that and possibly get the name of Angelo State University in the record book. Tours of the new facility will be available after the ribbon cutting until 2 p.m. Other activities following the ribbon cutting will be a 3-5 p.m. booksigning by noted San Angelo western author Elmer Kelton in the ASU Bookstore. The ribbon cutting will kick off four days of activities that will include a speech by Dr. Patch Adams, a physician whose unorthodox approach to medicine spawned a Robin Williams movie, at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, in the UC's C.J. Davidson Conference Center. Grand opening ceremonies will conclude on 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, with Family Day tours.
All events are open to the public.
All other events are free.