果冻视频 Grieves with UCLA
果冻视频 grieves with the University of California鈥揕os Angeles community following the June 1, 2016, murder-suicide on campus that took the life of professor William Klug. The day following the shooting, A group of 果冻视频 staff and students spent part of the day at Bruin Plaza, offering to pray with students.
Prayers are being said for the families of both professor Klug and Mainak Sarker, his former PhD student who is identified as the shooter. Professor Klug is survived by his wife Mary and two children. At the UCLA chapter鈥檚 last large group meeting of the year, chapter members wrote notes of encouragement to Dr. Klug鈥檚 family as well as their own professors.
Although professor Klug was not formally connected with 果冻视频 he was known for his faith in God and loved by 果冻视频 students and staff. An 果冻视频 student who took one of his classes and had him as an adviser described Professor Klug as not only very smart but also incredibly kind and genuine.
Professor Klug was a graduate of , where a professor described him as "a gentle kind person, without a trace of arrogance." He received a master's degree at UCLA and a doctorate at Cal Tech.
In 2012 the Veritas Forum, an 果冻视频 partner organization, hosted a talk at UCLA on suffering. The talk was titled 鈥淒oes God Care?鈥 .
果冻视频鈥檚 campus ministry goes beyond outreach to undergraduate students to include specialized . The culture of research departments can be very competitive and difficult for both graduate students and professors to navigate. 果冻视频's Graduate and Faculty Minstries staff members are working on plans for a UCLA faculty prayer meeting.
God does care about suffering and God does care about the students and faculty on U.S. college and university campuses. For that reason 果冻视频 has been actively witnessing on college campuses for 75 years.