L. FULLER
Editor in Chief
On Monday, President Virginia Horvath issued an email to the campus with the subject line “Loss of a Student – Russell Wijesiriwardena.”
“It is with heavy heart that I share the news that one of our students has died after a courageous battle with cancer,” began Horvath’s email.
Originally from Kuwait, Wijesiriwardena died on Oct. 10 after battling cancer while attending high school in Niagara Falls and into his sophomore year at Fredonia, according to Horvath’s email and the Niagara Gazette. Horvath’s email goes on to say that Wijesiriwardena was on medical leave this semester, but was active on campus as a member of Latinos Unidos and a student in the Educational Development Program (EDP).
EDP will be providing a bus to transport students to Wijesiriwardena’s funeral service today at 11 a.m. at the Chapel of Otta Redanz Funeral Home in Niagara Falls.