密苏里大学策展委员会对6月8日在车祸中丧生的学生代表雷明顿·威廉姆斯表示哀悼。
“Remington was an outstanding individual and a tremendous asset to the Board of Curators,” Board Chair Darryl Chatman said. “He was actively engaged with the students at each of our four universities and worked to amplify their successes, promote their stories and ensure their concerns were heard. Remington was the best of us, and our thoughts are with his family and friends.”
“Remington dedicated himself to the service of the University of Missouri,” UM President Mun Choi said. “As a student of not one, but two System universities, Remington was deeply connected to his fellow students and advocated for their interests to the Board of Curators. 他致力于推进大学的使命，确保所有学生都有机会接受良好的教育和出色的经历。 He will be sorely missed.”
威廉姆斯于2020年7月由州长迈克·帕森任命。 他最近毕业于密苏里大学堪萨斯城法学院，在那里他是法律评论和荣誉法庭的成员。 他还完成了密苏里大学（University of Missouri-St）的工商管理硕士学位。 路易。 The System’s Office of General Counsel had recently extended an offer for him to serve as a fellow.
威廉姆斯于2019年获得乔治城学院工商管理和西班牙语学士学位。 在乔治城大学读本科时，他曾担任学生会主席、兄弟会主席和乔治城活动委员会副主席。 威廉姆斯也是密歇根州谢尔比市全国领导会议的毕业生。
The student representative to the UM Board of Curators serves as the students’ voice to the governing body of the University of Missouri System, which includes the University of Missouri-Columbia, 威尼斯人娱乐城, Missouri University of Science and Technology and UMSL. 学生代表由密苏里州州长任命，并经密苏里州参议院批准，任期两年。 Appointments rotate among the System’s four universities, so students at each institution have a rotating opportunity to represent the more than 77,000 students enrolled at UM universities.