GVSU mourns student who lived passionate, involved life as advocate
Dozens of mourners gathered Wednesday for a candlelight vigil at Grand Valley State University honoring a student from Royal Oak found dead on campus last weekend.
Socially distanced as university officials requested, the attendees stood solemnly beneath Cook Carillon Tower and bare trees decorated in blue and white lights as temperatures dipped below freezing.
They bowed their heads to remember 18-year-old Taylor DeRosa, who was in her first year at the school on Michigan s west side. I definitely feel very sorry for the family, and to lose a member of the Laker family just kind of hits close to home, said Bryce Thomas, a GVSU junior from Alpena who attended the vigil Wednesday night.