UNC Charlotte completes the April 30 remembrance memorial

by Jessica Ceballos, Niner Times

Published April 25, 2023

After four years, the April 30 constellation garden memorial to commemorate the deaths of Ellis "Reed" Parlier and Riley Howell is complete.

The dedication of the memorial will occur on April 28, 2023, at 3 p.m. Attendees can RSVP through this link. 

"I think, and I hope, that area of campus gives a place for people to pause and wonder about 'Why is this here?' and read the plaque so that the students will be remembered," said Kathryn Horne, director of planning, design and construction. "That's the primary purpose is to remember the lives of the students that were killed and the students that were injured and to recognize the impact that it had on the University as a whole."

The memorial was designed, installed and constructed by TEN X TEN, Hypersonic and Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture. They were chosen as the finalists based on their design for the memorial by the Remembrance Commission…

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