VIU expands awards named after alumni killed in 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash
VICTORIA -- Community donations have allowed Vancouver Island University to expand its endowment awards named after a university graduate who died in a plane crash in Ethiopia two years ago. VIU alum Micah Messent, 23, was onboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight on March 10, 2019 to participate in a United Nations Environmental Assembly conference. The plane crashed while en route to Nairobi, Kenya, killing all onboard. After the crash occurred, family members and friends created an endowment fund at VIU in memory of Messent, who had a Bachelor's degree in Indigenous Studies from the univ...
Source: vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca