The friends and family of Helen Etuk have launched a project to establish a scholarship and non-profit organization in her name as the university has yet to comment on her death.
Etuk was a friendly, good-hearted person who was often described as a “gentle soul” by others, her brother Jeff Ayisire said. A 20-year-old senior, she was a member of the Honors College and studying to become a pediatrician. Etuk died on Jan. 12 from COVID-19 complications.
“Helen loves to help people any way she can and the fact that she wasn’t able to finish school really broke her heart,” Etuk’s best friend Taylor Brock said. “I want to be able to help someone in Helen’s name and her spirit to live on.”