The Rice community mourns with the family of Jones Graduate School of Business student Jackie Nguyen, whose mother and three young children died in a house fire Feb. 16 in Sugar Land. The school's dean, Peter Rodriguez, sent the following message to the community:
It is with profound sadness that I share news of a tragedy in our Rice Business family. Jackie Nguyen (EMBA ’21) lost her mother, Loan Le, and three children — Olivia, 11, Edison, 8, and Colette, 5 — in a fire at her home in Sugar Land early Tuesday morning. Jackie was released from the hospital late (Wednesday) and is staying with a friend. We will provide details on funeral services, requests from the family and preferred means of support as soon as we have them.
The depth of this loss is unimaginable. Measured against it, our sympathies seem so feeble. Still, even now, we know that sharing our love and expressions of comfort with Jackie is needed and meaningful. I hope that you will join her classmates in the EMBA Class of 2021 in their loving support and compassion for Jackie. The hearts and prayers of all of us in the Rice Business family are and will remain with her and her family in this sorrowful moment.
Please share and join this Slack channel if you would like to offer support. For those who don't have Slack, you can email houston4jackie@gmail.com, which is monitored by fellow students, with what you can do to support Jackie or the resources you can offer.
Thank you again for your love and support of our entire Rice Business community during these difficult times.