2018-19 Remembrance Scholars Named

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2018-19 Remembrance Scholars.

Angie Pati, a 2017-18 Remembrance Scholar, lays a rose in memory of Frederick “Sandy” Phillips during the Rose-Laying Ceremony in 2017.

The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The students, who were returning from a semester of study in London and Florence, were among the 270 people who perished in the bombing.
The scholarships are funded through an endowment supported by gifts from alumni, friends, parents and corporations.

Significant support for the Remembrance Scholarships has been provided by C. Jean Thompson ’66 and Syracuse University Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Richard L. Thompson G’67 in memory of Jean Taylor Phelan Terry ’43 and John F. Phelan, Jean Thompson’s parents; Syracuse University Board of Trustees Chairman Steven Barnes ’82 and Deborah Barnes; and by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation.

Selection Process
Remembrance Scholars are chosen in their junior year through a rigorous, competitive process. Applicants write three essays as part of a comprehensive application, and finalists are interviewed by members of the selection committee, composed of University faculty, staff and current Remembrance Scholars. The $5,000 scholarships are awarded on the basis of distinguished academic achievement, citizenship and service to the community. More than half of the new scholars are members of the distinguished Renée Crown University Honors Program.

“The Remembrance Scholars are a wonderful, eclectic mix of all that’s great on the Syracuse University campus,” says Pamela Brandes, associate professor in the Whitman School of Management and chair of the Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee. “We look forward to seeing how they blend their creativity and talents in memory of those lost, not only during Remembrance Week, but also throughout the year.”

The scholars will be recognized during a convocation in Hendricks Chapel on Friday, Nov. 2.

Additionally, the 2018-19 Lockerbie Scholars, Harriet Graham and Joseph Holland, were recently selected. Each year, two students from Lockerbie come to Syracuse for a year of study through the Syracuse-Lockerbie Scholarships, jointly funded by Syracuse University and the Lockerbie Trust.

The 2018-19 Remembrance Scholars, their hometowns, colleges and majors are:

• Katie Berrell of Long Lake, Minnesota, an inclusive elementary and special education major in the School of Education and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Kenneth Buckner of Newnan, Georgia, a finance major in the Whitman School of Management and an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies;
• Abigail Covington of Bowie, Maryland, a writing and rhetoric major in the College of Arts and Sciences;
• Dina Eldawy of Pensacola, Florida, an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Simone Girma of Miami, Florida, a television, radio and film major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and a citizenship and civic engagement major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
• Grace Gugerty of Cortland, New York, an anthropology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
• Arva Hassonjee of Cranbury, New Jersey, an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Claudia Heritage of Saratoga Springs, New York, a biochemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Lorena Kanzki of Miami, Florida, a television, radio and film major in the Newhouse School, a women’s and gender studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Marcus Lane Jr. of Hartford, Conn., a policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Yongna Lei of Alexandria, Virginia, a bioengineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Julia Leyden of Newton, New Jersey, and English and textual studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences, a magazine major in the Newhouse School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Audra Linsner of Clifton Springs, New York, an advertising major in the Newhouse School, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Hairol Ma of Fremont, California, an advertising major in the Newhouse School, and information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• William Massie of Jackson, Ohio, a policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School and a public relations major in the Newhouse School;
• Kyra Meister of Ashburn, Virginia, a communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, a policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Madeline Merwin of Clarksburg, California, a political philosophy major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Mary Mik of Syracuse, New York, a nutrition major in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Idris Mohamed of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, a health and exercise science major in the School of Education;
• Martina Morris of Bethpage, New York, a biology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Kathryn Munster of Northridge, California, an applied mathematics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Abigail Neuviller of Lackwaxen, Pennsylvania, a communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and an international relations and political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
• Abigail O’Reilly of Hopedale, Massachusetts, a computer art and animation major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
• Dominika Peko of Jordanville, New York, an international relations and policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
• David Robusto of Short Hills, New Jersey, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School;
• Jezrel Sabaduquia of Jamaica, New York, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies;
• Danielle Schaf of Shelby, Nebraska, an anthropology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School; a forensic science and writing and rhetoric major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Nathan Shearn of Amherst, New York, an anthropology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Jake Smith of Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania, a magazine major in the Newhouse School and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Brianna Stahrr of Syracuse. New York, an English and textual studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and an English education major in Arts and Sciences and the School of Education.
• Melanie Tacher of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a biology major in the College of Arts and Sciences;
• Julia Trainor of Holden, Massachusetts, an political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School; a public relations major in the Newhouse School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Jacob Urban of West Chicago, Illinois, an energy and its impacts and finance major in the Whitman School and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Ankita Varman of Johns Creek, Georgia, a management major in the Whitman School and a public relations major in the Newhouse School; and
• Brooke Waldon of Romulus, Mich., a bioengineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.