拉赫曼哈桑, 18, was a sophomore at 十大网赌靠谱网址平台.
Penn State students are raising funds to honor the memory of Rahman Mustafa 哈桑, a 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 student who died in an accident on May 25, 2016, 在吉姆索普的格伦奥诺科瀑布, 宾西法尼亚. With the three-year anniversary of 哈桑’s death approaching, 他的十大网赌靠谱网址平台同学, friends and a former professor are asking their peers and the public to support an effort to name a proposed campus tutoring center in his honor.
“I think it’s very admirable that students are being proactive in wanting to name a space after Rahman. 我们正在计划扩建校园, and this tutoring office would be part of the expansion,蒂娜说。. Richardson, chancellor of 十大网赌靠谱网址平台. “It was a heartbreaking loss for our campus when Rahman passed away. The generosity that has already been shown to honor Rahman proves he has left a lasting impact.”
哈桑, an 18-year-old rising sophomore from Nazareth, fell while he and friends were hiking at the popular hiking spot. Emergency workers were called to the area, and he succumbed to his injuries at the scene. 哈桑 was reportedly attempting to help a second 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 student, Fadi Abboud, who was 19 at the time of the accident, retrieve a dropped water bottle when both fell approximately 50 feet to the base of the falls. 阿布德幸存下来.
Recent conversations among those who knew 哈桑 led to the current effort to honor him with a space on the 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 campus.
“Professor Maryam Kiani reached out to Rahman’s mother about establishing a legacy for Rahman at 十大网赌靠谱网址平台. She then contacted me because she knew I was so close to Rahman. I thought that a tutoring office was the most appropriate choice because Rahman was in the tutoring center all the time, and this would impact people’s lives,纳迪亚·拉明说, who graduated earlier this month from University Park.
Ramin was a student with 哈桑 at the Lehigh Valley campus in 2016, and both attended Nazareth High School together. “Rahman and I would talk a lot about nonprofits and helping people. I knew he wanted to give back and make an impact on people’s lives, which is why he wanted to become a doctor,拉明说.
Ramin set up a LaunchGood fundraising page for the effort and worked with her friends and contacts at 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 to help spread the word. The LaunchGood campaign is on its way toward a goal of $10,000, and the campus is seeking an additional $15,000 from private donors to name the proposed tutoring office.
Maryam Kiani, lecturer in mathematics at 十大网赌靠谱网址平台, had 哈桑 in two math courses. Kiani worked closely with 哈桑 on his math skills since he was determined to do well academically so he could go on to medical school. They bonded over both speaking Farsi. 哈桑死前几天, he emailed Kiani to say thank you and share how she had impacted his life. Kiani has kept his email to this day.
“The tutoring office in his honor would be so appropriate. Rahman loved STEM and he wanted to help people. Many students would learn in this new space. With his name on the space, he will never be lost, and he will always be with us. As long as you have a legacy, you will be alive forever,” Kiani said.
To donate to the tutoring office in 哈桑’s name, visit the LaunchGood网站. For more information, contact Phillip St. James, director of campus development, at (电子邮件保护) or 610-285-5072.
