UCF Remembers: Library Exhibit


Visit the John C. Hitt Library to view the Pulse Collection

Posted Thursday, June 14, 2018 @ 5:42 PM

On Sunday, June 10th the John C. Hitt Library presented the UCF Remembers Exhibit showcasing materials from the Pulse Collection in Special Collections & University Archives as well as books, movies, and music from the UCF general collection that represent a wide array of queer and Latinx authors and characters. On view on the 2nd (main) floor of the John C. Hitt Library in the glass display cases, students are encouraged to check out the materials using the ‘Request’ button in the library catalog.

UCF Student Francisco Lagos-Licona commented on the art exhibit, “I think it’s an inspiring initiative and lets people know we’re inclusive and support and accept people in our community. It is especially important to remember and acknowledge the Pulse tragedy and the impact it has had and continues to have on everyone. Students feel more confident when they enter the library knowing their part of a community that cares.”

The UCF Remembers Exhibit will be on display till June 27th. As part of the Pulse Annual Remembrance effort, UCF has many events this week to commemorate and remember those we lost. A list of those are available here and there is a list of events in Orlando here.

On June 12, 2016, the Pulse nightclub shooting took 49 lives and wounded 53. Gone too soon, the following is a list of the names of those we lost:

Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old

Amanda L. Alvear, 25 years old

Oscar A. Aracena Montero, 26 years old

Rodolfo Ayala Ayala, 33 years old

Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old

Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old

Angel Candelario-Padro, 28 years old

Juan Chavez Martinez, 25 years old

Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old

Cory James Connell, 21 years old

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old

Simón Adrian Carrillo Fernández, 31 years old

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old

Peter Ommy Gonzalez Cruz, 22 years old

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old

Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old

Frank Hernandez, 27 years old

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old

Javier Jorge Reyes, 40 years old

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old

Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, 25 years old

Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old

Brenda Marquez McCool, 49 years old

Gilberto R. Silva Menendez, 25 years old

Kimberly Jean Morris, 37 years old

Akyra Monet Murray, 18 years old

Luis Omar Ocasio Capo, 20 years old

Geraldo A. Ortiz Jimenez, 25 years old

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old

Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old

Jean Carlos Nieves Rodríguez, 27 years old

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano-Rosado, 35 years old

Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years old

Yilmary Rodríguez Solivan, 24 years old

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old

Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old

Jonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24 years old

Juan Pablo Rivera Velázquez, 37 years old

Luis Sergio Vielma, 22 years old

Franky Jimmy DeJesus Velázquez, 50 years old

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old

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