ATHENS, Ga., April 23 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:
Twenty-seven University of Georgia students, faculty and staff members who have died since April 2025 will be honored at the university's annual candlelight memorial service on April 28 at 7 p.m. at the UGA Chapel.
President Jere W. Morehead will lead the service. Names of each of the 11 students and 16 faculty and staff members will be read aloud, followed by a toll of the Chapel Bell and the lighting of a candle.
The names will be read by Rebecca Mayo, president of the UGA Staff Council; Trey Wilson, president of the Student Government Association; and Susan Sanchez, chair-elect of the University Council Executive Committee. Members of the Arch Societ...