A 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison senior died Wednesday, according to Dean of Students Lori Berquam.
Berquam said there is no threat to the community but did not have any additional details Wednesday evening.
“We are going to have to try to make sense of it,” she said, “and we are going to mourn the loss of what could have been a potentially amazing leader.”
A former UW-Madison student and friend of the student said losing a friend “just takes you back at first.”
“It’s tough to actually put into, even, words,” he said. “[They] always had your best interests ahead of [their] own.”
Berquam said she hopes students will reach out to other students for support and “make sure that we take care of each other in a time like this.” She added there are resources available to students such as walk-in appointments at University Health Services and a Dean on call at the Dean of Students office.
“Every time that we learn of a student dying it impacts us as a community,” Berquam said.
