University Announces 2019-20 Remembrance Scholars

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2019-20 Remembrance Scholars.

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. Those 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; by 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 submitted an essay and another response in multimedia, artistic, musical or written format as part of a comprehensive application, and finalists were 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 scholarship, leadership and service to the community.

“This year’s Remembrance Scholars are an extraordinary group of Syracuse University’s outstanding rising seniors,” says Lawrence Mason, Jr., professor of visual communications in the Newhouse School and chair of the Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee. “They demonstrate excellence in scholarship, representing a wide diversity of academic interests, and come to Syracuse University from both local and global locations. As Remembrance Scholars, they are bound together through their lifelong commitment to serving others. We are excited to work with this wonderful group in the coming academic year.”

The scholars will be recognized during a convocation in Hendricks Chapel on Friday, Oct. 25.

Additionally, two students from Lockerbie come to Syracuse each year for one year of study through the Syracuse-Lockerbie Scholarships, jointly funded by Syracuse University and the Lockerbie Trust. Brodi Chambers and Rowan Chisholm were recently selected as the 2019-20 Lockerbie Scholars.

The 2019-20 Remembrance Scholars, their hometowns, colleges and majors are:

• Hassina Adams of Syracuse, an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Adam Bayer of Chappaqua, New York, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies, a philosophy major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Mamoudou Camara of Queens, New York, a policy studies and political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
• Gabrielle Caracciolo of Franklin Square, New York, a broadcast journalism major in the Newhouse School, a political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Sarah Crawford of York, Pennsylvania, a public relations major in the Newhouse School, a writing and rhetoric major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Lauren Crimmins of Woodside, New York, a psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, a public relations major in the Newhouse School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Michael DiNardo of Thornwood, New York, a supply chain management major in the Whitman School, a psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Charlene Fowajuh of Newark, Delaware, a psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Erin Gavle of Wiesbaden, Germany, a newspaper and online journalism major in the Newhouse School;
• Julia Gregoire of Wethersfield, Connecticut, a communication sciences and disorders and neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences;
• Cleo Hamilton of Syracuse, a sport management major in the Falk College;
• Ahlam Islam of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School and a sociology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
• Taylor Krzeminski of West Haven, Connecticutt, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Rachel Lange of Carrollton, Virginia, a biochemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences;
• Joann Li of Shanghai, China, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School and an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies;
• Marshall Lipsey of West Orange, New Jersey, a political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, a psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC);
• Sabrina Maggiore of Pelham, New York, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School, a political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Alizée Mclorg, of San Diego, California, a neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences, a public health major in the Falk College and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Bethany Murphy of Seekonk, Massachusetts, an environmental engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Army ROTC;
• Molly Murphy of Rochdale, Massachusetts, a social work major in the Falk College;
• Hanna Nichols of Latham, New York, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, 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;
• Francesca Ortega of Miami, a television, radio and film major in the Newhouse School;
• Anna Poe of Stevensville, Maryland, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Daniel Preciado of Panama City, Panama, a television, radio and film major in the Newhouse School;
• Alex Rouhandeh of Crystal Lake, Illinois, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, a policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, a magazine major in the Newhouse School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Sally Rubin of Evanston, Illinois, an English and textual studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences,  a television, radio and film major in the Newhouse School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
• Ghufran Salih of Chicago, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies;
• Gaelyn Smith of Washington, D.C., an acting major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts;
• Izmailia Sougoufara, of Cleveland, Ohio, an integrated biology and neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences;
• Morgan Trau of Moreland Hills, Ohio, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School;
• Hanz Lionel Valbuena of Manila, Philippines, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a television, radio and film major in the Newhouse School;
• Mary Kate Washburn of Syracuse, a health and exercise science major in the School of Education;
• Allison Westbrook of Binghamton, New York, a sound recording technology major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts;
• Azarius Williams of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a finance major in the Whitman School and a sociology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School; and
• Tyler Youngman of Oswego, New York, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies, a music history and cultures major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program.