The UW-Madison School of Social Work will hold a ceremony next week in remembrance of the UW-Madison student who was killed Dec. 31.
Shanica Adkins was a UW-Madison senior majoring in social work and sociology when she was killed in Milwaukee on New Year's Eve in a car accident caused by another driver who was allegedly fleeing the police at the time.
According to a UW-Madison release, Adkins was also an active volunteer who spent her time working with children at the Boys and Girls Club and tutoring middle-school students in the Pre-College Enrichment Program for Learning Experience, a program Adkins formerly participated in as well.
""Shanica knew that education was the key to achieving her dream of becoming a social worker,"" Jacqueline DeWalt, director of PEOPLE, said.
The ceremony is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 25, from 10-11:30 a.m. in Tripp Commons at Memorial Union.
