St. Edward’s University will host a memorial service for former student and professor Michele Kay on Saturday, April 2 at 11 a.m. in the Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel.

There will be a reception following the service.

Kay died at her home the morning of Feb. 16 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. She was 66. Her funeral was held the following weekend.

From 2005 to 2008, Kay was a journalism professor and faculty advisor to Hilltop Views at St. Edward’s University. She spent 40 years as a writer, journalist and public relations official before coming to St. Edward’s to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees.