The cost to attend the VIP reception, dinner and program is $100 per person.
followed by Eversmann’s presentation at 7:30. The Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories event, now is in its third year, will start with a VIP reception at 5:30 p.m. Before his retirement in 2008, he served 18 months in Iraq leading an elite Army Ranger force. For his service in Somalia, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He focuses on motivating people, whether they are soldiers, students or employees, through values-based leadership.Įversmann has received many military decorations, including the Army Service Ribbon, the National Defense Service Ribbon, eight Army Achievement medals and four Army Commendation medals. Young Rangers and Delta Force soldiers fought side by side, outnumbered and marked for death by an angry mob, until a rescue convoy was mounted.Ĭommitted to sharing the lessons he learned in the military, Eversmann’s courage and patriotism are evident during his presentations. soldiers in Somalia were trapped in a hostile district of Mogadishu.
10 in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union as part of the speaker series hosted by the Bowling Green State University Libraries and its Leadership Council.Įversmann, portrayed in the movie by Josh Hartnett, was immortalized in the film that recounts the 18 harrowing hours when U.S. In honor of Veterans Day, Eversmann will speak on Nov. Matt Eversmann, one of the heroes from the 1997 Battle of Mogadishu portrayed in the epic movie “Black Hawn Down,” is the featured speaker for the 2015 Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories dinner event.
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