Rose-Laying Ceremony, Remembrance Scholar Convocation to Be Held Friday

The 2021-22 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.

The convocation will be preceded by the annual Rose-Laying Ceremony at 2:03 p.m. at the Place of Remembrance, located in front of the Hall of Languages. This ceremony honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided at the Rose-Laying Ceremony, and ASL and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided at the convocation.

The Rose-Laying Ceremony and convocation will be livestreamed; register here.

The Remembrance 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, 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 Emeritus Steven W. Barnes ’82, H’19.

Applicants for the $5,000 scholarship are asked to highlight their academic achievements, creative pursuits, leadership activities and community service. They also wrote essays and participated in interviews with members of the selection committee.

Additionally, each year, two students from Lockerbie are selected as Lockerbie Scholars. They spend one year studying at Syracuse University on a scholarship before returning to the United Kingdom to complete their university degrees. Both Syracuse University and the Lockerbie Trust support this award. This year’s scholars, Lauren Carruthers and Alicia Pagan, will be recognized at the convocation.

Tanisha M. Jackson, professor of practice of African American studies and executive director of the Community Folk Art Center in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee, will preside over the convocation. A message will be delivered by Chancellor Kent Syverud and a Remembrance Scholar will speak on behalf of the group.

The 2021-22 Remembrance Scholars and their hometowns and majors are:

• Elizabeth Acquaah-Harrison of Charlton, Massachusetts, a neuroscience and psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Kenneth J. Bissett;
• Samantha Armetta of West Islip, New York, a communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Alexander Lowenstein;
• Elizabeth Billman of Berwyn, Pennsylvania, a photojournalism major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and a member of the Army Reserve Officer Training, representing Timothy M. Cardwell;
• Ava Breitbeck of Cicero, New York, a physics and political science major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Julianne F. Kelly;
• Julia Chou of Eugene, Oregon, an architecture major in the School of Architecture and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing John P. Flynn;
• Ashley Collado of Copiague, New York, a policy studies major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences, representing Steven Russell Berrell;
• Morgan Eaton of Colchester, Vermont, a citizenship and civic engagement and policy studies major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences, representing Amy Elizabeth Shapiro;
• Elena Figler of Bedford, New Hampshire, a biotechnology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Stephen J. Boland;
• Madeleine Gordon of Norwalk, Connecticut, a modern foreign languages major (Arabic and Chinese) in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, representing Sarah S.B. Philipps;
• Shiori Green of Honolulu, Hawaii, an architecture major in the School of Architecture and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Nicole Elise Boulanger;
• Alyssa Grzesiowski of South Bend, Indiana, a chemistry, forensic science and Spanish language, literature and culture major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Louise “Luann” Rogers;
• Coreynne Henry of Glenview, Illinois, an art photography major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, representing Miriam Luby Wolfe;
• Ryo Ishioka of New York, New York, an architecture major in the School of Architecture, representing Peter R. Peirce;
• Jared Khan-Bagley of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, an inclusive elementary and special education major in the School of Education, representing Shannon Davis;
• Dylan King of Durango, Colorado, a television, radio and film major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and a political science major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences, representing Mark Lawrence Tobin;
• MaryKate Krege of Delmar, New York, an architecture major in the School of Architecture, representing Wendy A. Lincoln;
• Zainab Kumandan of Valley Stream, New York, a biotechnology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, representing Suzanne Marie Miazga;
• Kathleen Lane of Hawley, Pennsylvania, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School, representing Jason M. Coker;
• Caitlyn Langille of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a policy studies and citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Christopher Andrew Jones;
• Estheralice Lopez of Miami, Florida, a photography major in the Newhouse School, representing Alexia Kathryn Tsairis;
• Micayla MacDougall of Syracuse, New York, a music education major in the School of Education and College of Visual and Performing Arts, representing Nicholas Andreas Vrenios;
• Lindy Melegari of Irwin, Pennsylvania, a bioengineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Frederick “Sandy” Phillips;
• Madeline Messare of Ballston Lake, New York, a forensic science and psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, representing Richard Paul Monetti;
• Justin Mitchell of Ridgefield, Connecticut, an international relations, history, and Russian language, literature and culture major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Anne Lindsey Otenasek;
• Nathena Murray of Ossining, New York, a medicinal chemistry and neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Kesha Weedon;
• Ifeyinwa Ojukwu of Guilderland, New York, a biology and psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Gretchen Joyce Dater;
• John Ramza of Mission Woods, Kansas, an accounting major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and advertising major in the Newhouse School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Thomas Britton Schultz;
• Jazmine Richardson of Buffalo, New York, an African American studies and biotechnology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Scott Marsh Cory;
• Cassandra Rodriguez of Miami, Florida, a psychology and neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences, representing Karen Lee Hunt;
• Matthew Sala of Old Bethpage, New York, a psychology and neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; representing Turhan Michael Ergin;
• Caleb Sheedy of New Paltz, New York, an acting major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts; representing Theodora Cohen;
• Abigail Tick of Syracuse, New York, a citizenship and civic engagement, sociology and women’s and gender studies major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences, representing Pamela Elaine Herbert;
• Caroline Whinney of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a real estate, finance and accounting major in the Whitman School of Management and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Gary L. Colasanti;
• David Williams of Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, a policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Cynthia J. Smith; and
• Kevin Wu of East Elmhurst, New York, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, representing Eric M. Coker.