by Clare Duffy |
Campus Ministry has scheduled a Memorial Mass on Sept. 16 at 4:30 p.m. for Ian Andres, a sophomore from Spokane who died of an apparent suicide on Aug. 26.
UP President Fr. Mark Poorman broke the news in a campus-wide email that day.
“I am very sorry to inform you of the death of Ian Andres, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. We learned this morning that Ian tragically took his own life,” Poorman said in the email.
Ian began his UP career last year as a pre-med student after graduating from Gonzaga Preparatory School. He ran for the men’s cross country and track and field teams, and lived in Schoenfeldt Hall.
Last March, Ian was baptized, confirmed and received First Eucharist after participating in Campus Ministry’s Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program. Anthony Paz, Assistant Director for Faith Formation, said that Ian got in touch with him about being baptized first thing last fall because of a positive experience in his Catholic High School.
Anyone in the campus community who would like to be interviewed for a story celebrating Ian’s life should email The Beacon at upbeacon@gmail.com.
Counseling services are available in the University Health Center located in Orrico Hall. The phone number for the Health Center is 503 943-7134. Clare Duffy is the news editor for The Beacon. She can be reached at duffy17@up.edu or on Twitter @claresduff.
