“Dr. K” Memorial Friday

From Gordon Leversee, Science: Please join us at a campus gathering to celebrate the life of Dr. Johanna Kolodziejski this Friday, February 20, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Science Room 101. Hanna died on February 3 at the age of 32 at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She will be sorely missed.

As much as we mourn her death, it is our hope to capture the spirit of her passion for life — for friends and family, for students and colleagues, for her work as a teacher and scholar. Keene State was her “perfect job,” and we are thankful for her and for us that we shared one memorable year together.

We will gather in Science 101 at 4:30 and Paul Cullity will help us center ourselves. Our colleagues in music will then lead us through the halls of science that Hanna so loved, and we will mourn her passing with a dirge or hymn in the best New Orleans tradition. We will return to Science 101 for reflections and conclude with an uplifting musical celebration of her memory, which lives on in all of us. Dr. K, a gifted musician, played both piano and violin. We think she would approve.

(Biology Department’s original announcement of Dr. K’s death.)