Drexel graduate among victims of Germanwings plane crash

Action News has learned one of the people on board a plane that crashed Tuesday in the southern French Alps was a graduate of Drexel University.

The victim is identified as Emily Selke. Her mother Yvonne Selke was also on the plane. Both lived in Nokesville, Virginia.

The Drexel University Gamma Sigma Sigma Zeta Chapter posted a message on their Facebook page:

"Zeta chapter is mourning the loss of our beautiful alumni, Emily Selke. Emily and her mother were abroad the plane from Barcelona to Dsseldorf that crashed yesterday. Emily served as our membership VP while in Zeta and she was an integral part of our growing chapter. She embodied the spirit of Gamma Sigma Sigma. As a person and friend, Emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life. Emily will be greatly missed by her fellow sisters of Zeta. Please keep Emily, her mother and their family in your thoughts and prayers during this heartbreaking time."