{"id":3836,"date":"2026-03-31T15:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/?p=3836"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:19:33","slug":"sad-news-loss-of-a-student-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/2026\/03\/31\/sad-news-loss-of-a-student-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad News &#8211; Loss of a Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Members of the Monmouth University Community:<br><br>It is with deep sadness that I inform you of the death of one of our students, Scott Timothy Sanczyk. Scott was in his first semester as a business major at Monmouth University following his transfer from Lafayette College. He died on Saturday, March 28, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.<br><br>The University grieves the tragic and untimely loss of a member of our community and extends its deepest sympathies to his family, friends, and fellow students at this most difficult time. Flags on campus have been lowered in Scott\u2019s honor.<br><br>As the Monmouth University family mourns Scott\u2019s passing, support services are available for students, faculty, and staff through Counseling and Prevention Services at 732-571-7517 or the Office of Student Life at 732-571-3417. Students can also utilize <a href=\"https:\/\/uwill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uwill<\/a> services\u2014our mental telehealth provider offering night and weekend support\u2014for free and confidential teletherapy at 833-646-1526.<br><br>Family and friends are invited to celebrate and remember Scott&#8217;s life on April 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Our Lady of the Magnificat Church, 2 Miller Road, Kinnelon, New Jersey.<br><br>If you have any questions or need further information, please contact the Office of Student Life. And, please take a moment today, in your own way, to think of Scott, his family, and his friends.<br><br>Thank you.<br><br>Dr. Patrick F. Leahy<br>President<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-3836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-messages","tag-2025-2026-academic-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3837,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836\/revisions\/3837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}