When a college student dies, student affairs professionals are often responsible for ensuring specific administrative processes are completed, providing emotional support for the campus community, and sponsoring memorials that facilitate formal mourning. This last responsibility has received little attention in the student affairs literature. Using a questionnaire distributed to senior student affairs officers across the United States, I sought to learn more about institutional memorial practices; common types of memorials; why institutions decide to sponsor or not sponsor memorials; and whether student type, type of death, or institutional values effect the likelihood that an institution would sponsor a memorial for a deceased student. Slightly more than a third of respondents reported that their institution always sponsors memorials for deceased students. The most common types of memorials were memorial services, posthumous degrees or certificates of attendance, and recognition at institutional ceremonies, such as commencement. Respondents from institutions that never sponsor memorials cited the difficulty of treating all students the same, although respondents from institutions that do sponsor memorials placed much less importance on uniformity. Honoring the deceased student's family's wishes or requests was the most important value when deciding to sponsor a memorial, followed by honoring requests from students. Respondents also reported that their institution was most likely to sponsor memorials for well-known students, including athletes or online influencers, and less likely to sponsor memorials for fully online or non-degree seeking students. Institutions were also less likely to sponsor memorials for students who died by suicide or from a drug or alcohol overdose and least likely to sponsor memorials for students who died as a result of their involvement in criminal activity. There were significant relationships between institutional sponsorship practices and an institution's basic Carnegie classification, control, religious affiliation, and approximate number of student deaths per year. The importance of having written policies and making institutional decisions before a student death are also addressed. Student affairs professionals and other college and university leaders may use the results of this research to review their own memorial policies and practices and to guide future memorial decisions. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]