Over the weekend and into this week, Rutgers is adding almost 18,000 new alumni. A glorious moment on the lives of those students and their families.
And over this past weekend, it also lost one all too soon.
The women’s basketball team announced that Gianna DeVeitro, a 2016 graduate and team manager for two seasons, had lost her battle with leukemia. She was diagnosed just a month after her graduation last year.
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer spoke after hearing of Gianna’s death. “I am at a total loss. Gianna embodied love, kindness and a spirit of giving.