UCF Community Honors Lives of Eternal Knights
The Pegasus seal in the Student Union is decorated with flowers and candles during the annual Eternal Knights ceremony, which honors the lives of students who passed away while enrolled. (PHOTO: Bernard Wilchusky, Central Florida Future)
On Thursday, April 9, at 4 p.m., fellow students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered in the Pegasus Ballroom at the Student Union for the annual Eternal Knights ceremony, during which they honored the lives of 11 Knights who passed away during recent academic terms, and observed 22 seconds of silence — two seconds for each student we lost.
Those named as Eternal Knights at the 2015 ceremony included:
- Marc Abrams | Health Services Administration, College of Health and Public Affairs
- Adam Bee | Biology, College of Sciences
- Lauren Bonn | Nursing, College of Nursing
- Santiago Diaz | Psychology, College of Sciences
- Brandon Dickerson | Film, College of Arts and Humanities
- Kuistin Gaskin | Film, College of Arts and Humanities
- Shayne Ivill | Interdisciplinary Studies, Office of Undergraduate Studies
- Melanie Kaprocki | Computer Science Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Crevan O’Ceallaigh | Criminal Justice M.S., College of Health and Public Affairs
- Melissa Ostrom | Nursing, College of Nursing
- Jasen Stone | Health Services Administration, College of Health and Public Affairs
- Dara Wells | Exceptional Student Education M.Ed., College of Education and Human Performance
“Gone yet not forgotten, although we are apart, your spirit lives within me, forever in my heart.”
—Unknown
