USU Mourns with Virginia Tech

Dear students, faculty and staff,

The world in which we live is so much smaller and the connections are never more apparent than when tragedy strikes. While we may never comprehend the reason for the senseless killings at Virginia Tech, we do understand the grief and emptiness that now hang over its campus.

We offer our deepest condolences to our fellow land-grant university, Virginia Tech, and to its students, faculty and staff. It is indeed a tragedy to lose so many of the bright and talented faces of the future, and we mourn with the community, families and friends of those who lost their lives.

As land-grant universities, USU and Virginia Tech collaborate and work together on projects in many fields, including engineering, science and agriculture. Many of our USU faculty and students have collaborated with those who have been affected by the horrific events at Virginia Tech. In fact, as the tragedy unfolded, a group of Virginia Tech soil science students were on the USU campus at a soil competition. Our thoughts are with them all.