Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2016-17 Remembrance Scholars.
Remembrance Scholar Lisa Kranz lays a rose at the Place of Remembrance during a ceremony in October 2015.
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 Steve 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.
The scholars will be recognized during a convocation in Hendricks Chapel on Friday, Oct. 28.
Additionally, the 2016-17 Lockerbie Scholars, Shona Beattie and Sian McLaughlin, 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 2016-17 Remembrance Scholars, their hometowns and colleges are:
• Clayton Baker of Milton, Mass., School of Information Studies, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
• Charlotte Balogh of Sudbury, Mass, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Amber Barrow of Houston, Texas, College of Arts and Sciences
• Katherine Barymow of Wilton, Conn., School of Architecture, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences
• Jourdann Borski of Indianapolis, Ind., College of Visual and Performing Arts
• Farrell Brenner of Sugar Loaf, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
• Rachel Brown-Weinstock of Gloversville, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences
• Lynsey Cooper of West Chester, Pa., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences
• Emily Dang of Hull, Mass., School of Information Studies, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
• Malik Evans of East Stroudsburg, Pa., Martin J. Whitman School of Management and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Ryan Gibson of Glenmore Landings, N.Y., College of Visual and Performing Arts and College of Arts and Sciences
• Kimberly Juarez of Los Angeles, Calif., David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and College of Arts and Sciences
• Joyce LaLonde of Albion, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences and Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Emily Lindberg of Holden, Mass., College of Engineering and Computer Science
• Paola Louzado-Feliciano of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
• José Marrero-Rosado of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, College of Arts and Sciences
• Kelsey May of Buffalo, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
• Nigel Miller of Lauderdale Lake, Fla., College of Arts and Sciences and College of Engineering and Computer Science
• Megan Minier of Webster, N.Y., School of Information Studies
• Claire Moran of Wayne, Pa., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences and Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Francis Morency of North Miami, Fla., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
• Genevieve Pilch of Ambler, Pa., College of Arts and Sciences and Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Andrew Ramos of San Diego, Calif., College of Engineering and Computer Science
• Alexis Rinck of Pacifica, Calif., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
• Miracle Rogers of Hialeah, Fla., School of Education
• Nedda Sarshar of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
• Elaine Sartwell of Baldwinsville, N.Y., Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
• Kelly Sheptock of Berwick, Pa., Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Ilana Siegal of Beachwood, Ohio, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
• Samantha Steinert of Penn Yan, N.Y., Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
• Patricia Terhune of Manahawkin, N.J., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences and Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Jamie Weiss of McKinney, Texas, Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Terence Wells of Abington, Mass., Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Sarah Whittaker of Allentown, Pa., Whitman School of Management and College of Arts and Sciences
• Soleil Young of Syracuse, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
