University of Missouri sponsored MU Remembers, an annual campus event commemorating students who have passed away since last April. The ceremony took place at 2p.m. Friday, April 3, in Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union. The Memorial Union tower will be darkened in the students' honor in the evening.
In Memoriam
Trent Bartolomucci, Trulaske College of Business, New Lenox, Illinois
David "Davy" Bland, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Kirkwood, Missouri
Cale Boedeker, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Malta Bend, Missouri
Ryan Candice, Trulaske College of Business, Ballwin, Missouri
Abbey Felton, College of Arts & Science, Rogersville, Missouri
Chanel Goodwin-Watkins, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Columbia, Missouri
Jack Lipp, Trulaske College of Business, Libertyville, Illinois
Christopher Nicklow, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Medina, Minnesota
Cameron Perkins, Trulaske College of Business, Creve Coeur, Missouri
Ty Rudder, College of Arts & Science, Columbia, Missouri
Gabriel Small, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Columbia, Missouri
Shannon K. Tatum, College of Arts & Science, Ripley, Mississippi
Shannon Tatum's mom touches her daughter's name on a plaque that lists the names of students who passed away during the past year. The memorial preserves their memory and acknowledges the importance of their contributions to their fellow scholars and the entire university.
Boxes of tissues were placed under chairs reserved for family members in the front rows of Stotler Lounge.
Brenda Gios, 19, and Taylor Karg, 19, lean on one another. They attended the ceremony on honor of Chris Nicklow, whose last name appears on the back of their shirts.
Jack Zimmerman, 18, rests his head in his hands. He attended the ceremony in honor of Jack Lipp.
Photos and brief biographies of those in memoriam were published for attendees to view.
MSA President Payton Head delivers a speech before taking a moment of silence.
Senior McKenzie Miller sings 'Old Missouri' during the musical postlude.
