At the University of Sunderland, we try to celebrate and honour the lives of students and staff who die during their time studying or working with us.
For staff, the University may have been the place where they spent many years, and colleagues who are left want to recognise their contribution to the University community and make sure that they are not forgotten. Their family, too, may wish to remember the connection their loved one had with the University.
For students, the University is often a very important place in their lives, one where new friends and accomplishments have been made. It plays a key role in the memory of friends or family when a student dies during their time of study.
The death of a current student or member of staff highlights the importance of a place where friends and colleagues can go to mourn their loss and remember the person who has died.
A Book of Remembrance, which has been made specifically for the purpose, is now kept in a display cabinet at the Interfaith Chaplaincy Centre, close to St Peter’s Church on our riverside campus.
Each year, the names of those who had died are entered in the book. The display case can be opened at any particular page and viewed by arrangement with the Chaplain.
Interfaith Chaplaincy Centre
Wearbank House
Charles Street
Sunderland
SR6 0AN
Call: 07846 099643
Published: 28 February 2019