UC Memorial Ceremony to Be Held on June 2

The University of Cincinnati Memorial Ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 2, on the terrace outside the Great Hall of Tangeman University Center (TUC).

In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held inside the Great Hall.

A UC tradition for five years, the ceremony is an occasion for administrators, staff and students to share personal memories of members of the UC community who passed away over the past year. This year’s ceremony will honor nine students and 13 faculty or staff members. Mitchel D. Livingston, chief diversity officer and vice president for Student Affairs, will open the ceremony. Incoming Student Body President Drew Smith and UC Provost Anthony J. Perzigian will also lead remarks at the ceremony.

The ceremony honors deceased students, faculty and staff who were employed, enrolled or were between enrolled quarters since last spring. The UC tradition, which began in 2006, also remembers emeriti and former faculty, students and staff members whose passing became known to the university within the past year.

The ceremony will end with a moment of silence, followed by the bells in the TUC clock tower chiming for each of those memorialized at the ceremony. The service is expected to last approximately one hour.

To review a list of  those who will be remembered or to suggest additional remembrances, contact either Dawn Wilson, director, Resident Education and Development (RED) and assistant dean of students, or Faye Lattimore, RED administrative secretary, at 513-556-6476.