Eternal Knights

established in 2001

The Eternal Knights Program honors students who have passed away during the academic year. This tasteful ceremony enables families, who have lost a son or daughter, to join with campus leaders and members of the University of Central Florida community in a solemn tribute to their loved ones.

The Eternal Knights Memorial Service is held annually to recognize the students, their families, and faculty, staff and students who knew them. The members of the Campus Faiths and Ministries present the Call for Memorial, Benediction and play two musical meditations. A faculty member presents the eulogy including the name of each student. During the ceremony each student, college and major, and "Eternal Knights" date are named. Members of the President's Leadership Council place a keepsake for each family next to a yellow rose followed by the ringing of a bell. The Eternal Knights Memorial Service concludes with a Scottish bag pipes musical and it is followed by a small reception and a family, faculty, staff, and students reunion.

Memories are the dew drops on our petals that re-open the buds that have closed

We Will Remember

The ones that we've lost
still go on with us in spirit

We will remember them

In the faces of the family,
their presence still lingers

We will remember them

In the dreams they once nurtured,
they will still shape our future

We will remember them

In the hearts that embrace them,
they will live forever

We will remember them

At daybreak and nightfall
as long as there's memory

We will remember them

Anonymous

Campus Life

A Unit of the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services

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