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DEXTER--The death of Jordan Hopkins, an Eastern Michigan University senior from Dexter, came as a tragic shock for those who knew her.
Both she and Shannise Heady, an EMU junior majoring in health care administration and forward on the women's basketball team, were pronounced dead following a crash early Sunday, Jan. 25, in Ypsilanti Township.
Jordan, 23, was an honors student majoring in psychology on track to graduate in the spring, according to the Honors College. She was working on her senior thesis.
Rebecca Sipe, director of EMU's Honors College, said they are all just so saddened by Hopkins' death - a horrible loss to Hopkins' family and to the honors community.
She described Hopkins as a vibrant young woman who was an excellent student. She didn't personally know Heady, but she was impressed with the energy and passion she brought to the basketball team.
"We just feel so awful about what happened to our students," Sipe said. "It's an enormous loss."
Dexter High School Principal William "Kit" Moran said Hopkins was a very good student and also a key member of the school's girls soccer team for several years.
"She was very well liked and respected by our students and teachers," Moran said.
"We were looking forward to great things from her."
Hopkins was also beloved and respected by her professors, advisors and peers at EMU, Sipe said. Continued...
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"We're all just reeling," she said.
She's quite sure Hopkins could have gone on to do anything she would have chosen to do following graduation, she said.
Sipe wants to find some way for EMU to honor Hopkins by graduation.
Hopkins was working on her thesis on addiction coping methods with Natalie Dove, an associate professor in EMU's Psychology Department.
Dove, in a statement through the Honors College, said she is deeply saddened by the news of Hopkins' passing.
"She was one of those students who had it all: a zest for life and a personality that just warmed any heart and room, but also the makings of someone who had great academic and career potential," Dove said. "She was dedicated, organized, and always on a quest to do more to further her learning.
"I enjoyed working with her as her research mentor and classroom instructor. She was such a gifted individual.
"My heart goes out to her family during this difficult time."
Hopkins was a student in the Honors College since 2011. She was very involved and a member in good standing throughout her time in the honors program.
Her thesis would have been published both online and locally, and made available internationally. Continued...
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DEXTER--The death of Jordan Hopkins, an Eastern Michigan University senior from Dexter, came as a tragic shock for those who knew her.
Both she and Shannise Heady, an EMU junior majoring in health care administration and forward on the women's basketball team, were pronounced dead following a crash early Sunday, Jan. 25, in Ypsilanti Township.
Jordan, 23, was an honors student majoring in psychology on track to graduate in the spring, according to the Honors College. She was working on her senior thesis.
Rebecca Sipe, director of EMU's Honors College, said they are all just so saddened by Hopkins' death - a horrible loss to Hopkins' family and to the honors community.
She described Hopkins as a vibrant young woman who was an excellent student. She didn't personally know Heady, but she was impressed with the energy and passion she brought to the basketball team.
"We just feel so awful about what happened to our students," Sipe said. "It's an enormous loss."
Dexter High School Principal William "Kit" Moran said Hopkins was a very good student and also a key member of the school's girls soccer team for several years.
"She was very well liked and respected by our students and teachers," Moran said.
"We were looking forward to great things from her."
Hopkins was also beloved and respected by her professors, advisors and peers at EMU, Sipe said.
"We're all just reeling," she said.
She's quite sure Hopkins could have gone on to do anything she would have chosen to do following graduation, she said.
Sipe wants to find some way for EMU to honor Hopkins by graduation.
Hopkins was working on her thesis on addiction coping methods with Natalie Dove, an associate professor in EMU's Psychology Department.
Dove, in a statement through the Honors College, said she is deeply saddened by the news of Hopkins' passing.
"She was one of those students who had it all: a zest for life and a personality that just warmed any heart and room, but also the makings of someone who had great academic and career potential," Dove said. "She was dedicated, organized, and always on a quest to do more to further her learning.
"I enjoyed working with her as her research mentor and classroom instructor. She was such a gifted individual.
"My heart goes out to her family during this difficult time."
Hopkins was a student in the Honors College since 2011. She was very involved and a member in good standing throughout her time in the honors program.
Her thesis would have been published both online and locally, and made available internationally.
The thesis would have been a beginning to a path of completing original research, Sipe said. She said there had been talk of Hopkins continuing her education as a graduate student.
Jim Pruitt contributed to this report.
Staff Writer Ben Baird can be reached at 734-429-7380, bbaird@heritage.com or via Twitter @BenBaird1.
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