Davida Ross-Coulibaly, information and services specialist for the Office of Financial Aid, died Thursday, President Christina Paxson wrote in a community-wide email Tuesday.
Ross-Coulibaly offered “guidance and common sense advice with warmth, humor and wisdom,” Paxson wrote, adding that her colleagues respected her “tireless energy” in explaining the financial aid process for students throughout the nearly five years she worked at the University.
Paxson also noted Ross Coulibaly’s “welcoming presence in the Office of Financial Aid.”
Ross-Coulibaly lived in Providence her whole life and attended Hope High School, Paxson wrote in her email.
The email did not provide information on the cause of Ross-Coulibaly’s death.
No one in the Office of Financial Aid could be reached for contact by press time Tuesday night.
Funeral services will be held this Friday at 10:00 a.m. at Assumption Church on Potters Avenue, followed by a burial at Swan Point Cemetery, Paxson wrote.
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