A viewing and memorial service are being held Friday morning for JoAnne Epps, the president of Temple University who died earlier this month.
Temple University held a viewing on Thursday, Sept. 28, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is holding another viewing on Friday, Sept. 29, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Liacouras CenterComplimentary parking will be offered in The Liacouras Center Garage and the 15th Street Lot, according to the school."There are no words that can describe the gravity and sadness of this loss," Mitchell L.
In honor of Epps, Temple University announced they are creating two memorial funds, The JoAnne A. Epps Beasley School of Law Scholarship and The JoAnne A. Epps Undergraduate Scholarship. The university said those who are awarded these scholarships will be students who"exemplifies the values Epps embodied."
EDITOR'S NOTE: A member of Temple University's Board of Trustees shared a message with the Temple community that stated the board would formally remove the"acting" notation from JoAnne Epps title and recognize her as the 13th president of the university on Oct. 10.
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