Remembrance Scholar Molly Smith lays a rose on the Wall of Remembrance in memory of Gretchen Joyce Dater at the 2015 Rose-Laying Ceremony. This year’s ceremony will be held on Friday, Oct. 28, at 2:03 p.m. at the Wall of Remembrance, located in front of the Hall of Languages.
The 2016-17 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 28, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.
The Remembrance Scholarships, among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by the University, were founded as a tribute to the 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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 SU Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Richard L. Thompson G’67, H’15 in memory of Jean Taylor Phelan Terry ’43 and John F. Phelan, Jean Thompson’s parents; the Fred L. Emerson Foundation; and Deborah Barnes and Syracuse University Board of Trustees Chairman Steven W. Barnes ’82.
Applicants for the $5,000 scholarship were asked to highlight their academic achievements and University activities, including community service. They also wrote essays and participated in interviews with members of the selection committee.
“The Remembrance Scholars represent the curiosity and care about the world demonstrated in the lives of our students whom we lost while they were studying abroad. In that sense, the scholars embody this enthusiasm, through their positive contributions to the communities that they are a part of at SU, places they have lived, and/or abroad,” says Pamela Brandes, associate professor in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and chair of the Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee. “They are among the brightest SU has to offer, and we look forward to the contributions they will make to society.”
Additionally, each year, two students from Lockerbie are selected as Lockerbie Scholars. They spend one year studying at SU on a scholarship before returning to the United Kingdom to complete their university degrees. Both SU and the Lockerbie Trust support this award. This year’s scholars, Shona Beattie and Sian McLaughlin, will be recognized at the convocation.
Patricia A. Burak, director of the Slutzker Center for International Services, will preside over the convocation. Messages will be delivered by Chancellor Kent Syverud and by Lawrence Mason Jr., professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Publications and a member of the Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee. A Remembrance Scholar will speak on behalf of the group, and Burak will present the scholars. To see all of this year’s Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars, click here.
The 2016-17 Remembrance Scholars, and their hometowns and majors, are: Clayton Vincent Baker of Milton, Mass., an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; Charlotte Lillie Balogh of Boston, Mass., a television, radio and film major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; Amber Zhane Barrow of Houston, Texas, a biology and neuroscience major in A&S; Katherine Barymow of Stamford, Conn., an architecture major in the School of Architecture and a political science major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Jourdann Borski of Indianapolis, Ind., an environmental and interior design major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA).
Other Scholars include Farrell Greenwald Brenner of Sugar Loaf, N.Y., a women’s and gender studies major in A&S and citizenship and civic engagement major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Rachel Brown-Weinstock of Gloversville, N.Y., a sociology, policy studies and citizenship and civic engagement major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Lynsey K. Cooper of West Chester, Pa., an international relations major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Emily Dang of Hull, Mass., an information management and technology major in the iSchool and an international relations major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Malik Tyree Evans of East Stroudsburg, Pa.,, an advertising major in the Newhouse School and a marketing management major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management; Ryan Gibson of Glenwood Landing, N.Y., a theater management major in VPA.
Also Kimberly Michelle Juarez of Los Angeles, Calif., a nutrition science major in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and Spanish major in the A&S; Joyce Elaine LaLonde of Albion, N.Y., a policy studies major in A&S and the Maxwell School and public relations major in the Newhouse School; Emily D. Lindberg of Holden, Mass., a mechanical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS); Paola Louzado Feliciano of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a public health major in the Falk College; José Marrero Rosado of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, a biochemistry major in A&S and anthropology major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Kelsey May of Buffalo, N.Y., a policy studies and geography major in A&S and the Maxwell School.
Other scholars include Nigel H. Miller of Lauderhill, Fla., a bioengineering major in ECS and a biochemistry major in A&S; Megan Minier of Webster, N.Y., an information management and technology major in the iSchool; Claire Angell Moran of Wayne, Pa., a broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School and an international relations major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Francis Morency of North Miami, Fla., an international relations and African American studies major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Genevieve Catherine Pilch of Ambler, Pa., a biology major in A&S and a photography major in the Newhouse School; Andrew Sumagaysay Ramos of San Diego, Calif., a bioengineering major in ECS.
Also Alexis Mercedes Rinck of Pacifica, Calif., a political science and sociology major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Miracle Rogers of Miami, Fla., a health and exercise science major in the School of Education; Nedda Sarshar of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a writing and rhetoric major in A&S and policy studies and citizenship and civic engagement major in A&S and the Maxwell School; Elaine M. Sartwell of Baldwinsville, N.Y., a social work major in the Falk College; Kelly Justine Sheptock of Berwick, Pa., a public relations major in the Newhouse School; Ilana Rachel Siegal of Beachwood, Ohio, an international relations major in A&S and the Maxwell School.
Other scholars include Samantha Steinert of Penn Yan, N.Y., a public health major in the Falk College; Patricia Terhune of Manahawkin, N.J., a policy studies major in A&S and the Maxwell School and a television, radio and film major in the Newhouse School; Jamie Weiss of McKinney, Texas, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School; Terence (TJ) Wells of Abington, Mass., an advertising major in the Newhouse School; Sarah Whittaker of Allentown, Pa., a marketing management major in the Whitman School and a communication sciences and disorders major in A&S; and Soleil E. Young of Madison, Wis., a biology major in A&S and an anthropology major in A&S and the Maxwell School.
