Condolences

Reed and Riley will live on in our hearts forever! We as a community will continue to heal and grow stronger.

Two years later, as our fellow Niner Nation continues to push through every day enduring the hardships of our current situation, we must never forget the heartbreaking tragedy that took the lives of two and injured four others. I have nothing but my own heartbreak and guilt from this tragic event that continues to haunt […]

Many of you were on campus that fateful day. I had just signed my contract to become your next Dean of the College of Health and Human Services and I was actually teaching an undergraduate class on a different campus, at my previous institution, that same night. After class, I heard the news and my […]

The summer edition of the magazine of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a professional, and still compassionate, tribute to the strength and love that exists within this fine institution. The tributes brought me to tears as I read the stories of courage. Thank you, Chancellor Dubois, for your continued leadership. …..GO NINERS!!!!….. […]

I am currently a freshman at Charlotte and I have loved every second of being at this amazing school. Although I wasn’t a student at UNCC last year, I was so in love with Charlotte and the people. When news broke of this tragedy I was heartbroken. Too many cases of gun violence splatter the […]

John 15 reminds us “Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.” That is what Reed and Riley did last year at UNCC. Their deaths are not in vain. We are praying for peace and comfort for their families and have such gratitude for their sacrifice. […]

We’re very thankful that our eldest son is safe after UNC Charlotte’s school shooting and feel great sorrow for those have suffered from the horror. My youngest son is a musician in Vancouver and is with a band that has a prolific songwriter who goes by the name SongMonkeyTroy. After UNC Charlotte’s incident, I asked […]

Tuesday was supposed to be a fun day for us all. You could see students around campus happy that it was the last day of classes. I remember sitting in a computer lab with friends four hours prior to the shooting and just soaking in my last few days as a fellow 49er as I […]

It’s been three weeks now and I still feel the sadness. Sadness for Reed and Riley, for Rami, for Sean, for Emily, for Drew, for all the students affected, for all the staff, for all the families, friends, alumni, and for many others who have lost sleep and who feel this shared sorrow. But what […]

I have been struggling to find the right words since the tragedy; it is very hard to imagine that our beautiful, peaceful campus and institution experienced this horrible event. My prayers are with the families of those two young men who lost their lives, the wounded, the entire faculty, staff and students. “Have we trials […]