A North Carolina A&T State University coed died in Kumasi, Ghana, Tuesday, March 16. Autopsy reports are not available for 21-year-old Julia Antares Scott of Winston-Salem. The junior honor student was majoring in mechanical engineering. In February, Scott left the University for a semester of studying engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, on the western coast of Africa. Since 1995, with the assistance of ALCOA, North Carolina A&T has had a collaborative engineering exchange program with the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. A total of 30 students, faculty and administrators from A&T have participated in this program with a dozen students from KNUST. “Our hearts certainly go out to the Scott Family and to the College of Engineering,” said Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Roselle Wilson. “We are working very closely with the U.S. Embassy and the appropriate international agencies to assist the family with all the necessary protocol.” Chancellor James C. Renick said, "We are all deeply saddened by this news. The University stands behind the Scott Family to support them in whatever way possible.” A&T's counselors are available for students, faculty and staff. Julia Antares Scott's funeral was held on Tuesday, March 23, 11:00 a.m., at the United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A campus/community memorial service for Scott and other A&T students who have died this academic year was held at 5 p.m., Monday, March 22, in Harrison Auditorium. Special Loving Rememberances

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