Golden Taps ceremony to honor 14 Purdue students

Purdue’s Golden Taps ceremony will be held Monday (April 7) to honor students who have died during the past year.

Golden Taps, a collaboration of the Office of the Dean of Students, University Residences and the Purdue Student Union Board, has been a tradition on campus since 1994. Additional groups with involvement in the ceremony are Purdue Memorial Union, Purdue Musical Organizations, Black Cultural Center, Purdue Bands & Orchestras, Gimlet Leadership Honorary, Purdue Student Government, Purdue Graduate Student Government and Reamer Club.

Family, friends and community members are invited to gather at 6 p.m. at Purdue Memorial Union’s North Ballroom. Attendees will then proceed to the Unfinished Block P in Academy Park outside Stewart Center for a brief outdoor ceremony.

The 14 students who will be honored this year are:

• Turki Aljarbou, a senior in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute
• Jessica Baldwin, a graduate student in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute
• Michael Castaneda, a freshman in the College of Engineering
• Bhavana Chandrashekar, a graduate student in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute
• Ben Coffeen, a junior in the College of Engineering
• Andrew Compton, a sophomore in the Honors College and the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business
• Jacob Devine, a junior in the College of Engineering
• Alexander Foss, a junior in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute
• Yushang (Harris) Jiang, a sophomore in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute
• Abidemi (Demi) Ojurongbe, a sophomore in the Mitch Daniels School of Business
• Connor Simmons, a freshman in Exploratory Studies
• Lillian Szuba, a freshman studying in the College of Education
• Ernesto Tangassi, a senior in the College of Science
• Brian Wood, a graduate student in the College of Engineering

After the ceremony, a reception will take place in the North Ballroom of the Purdue Memorial Union. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 765-494-1747.