COVID-19 Remembrance memorial honors community members’ loved ones

Noelynn Gillamac Llasos, an academic outreach coordinator for the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship, pays her respects for those who have died due to COVID-19. The five candles on the table represent loved ones, UTRGV students, staff, faculty and alumni. The ceremony took place at the PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Salón last Wednesday on the Brownsville campus.
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Kip A. Hinton, an associate professor of Bilingual and Literacy Studies, speaks about where on campus the UTRGV community can place a white flag with the name of those who have died of COVID-19. The ceremony took place at the PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Salón last Wednesday on the Brownsville campus.
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White flags with the names of loved ones that have died from COVID-19 are placed outside El Comedor on the Brownsville campus. The UTRGV community may place flags with the name of loved ones, which will be on display throughout April, to honor those who have died.
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Flags are placed to commemorate those who have died of COVID-19 by loved ones and community members in front of the Chapel on the Edinburg campus last Wednesday after the “COVID-19 Remembrance” memorial.
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Five candles, labeled alumni, faculty, staff, students and loved ones, are lit to honor those who died during the “COVID-19 Remembrance” memorial last Wednesday in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus.
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Sonia Arredondo, professor for the School of Social Work and a member of the Faculty Senate, helps light a candle to remember and honor those who have died from COVID-19 during the “COVID-19 Remembrance” memorial last Wednesday in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus.
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