Remembrance Scholar Application 101

Remembrance Scholar Application 101

The application for the 2014-2015 Remembrance Scholars is now live, and is due by midnight on January 21st, 2014. If you missed one of our information sessions, see our Application 101 PowerPoint for some more info about the scholarship. You can also check out our application center for FAQs and links to the online application. Good luck to all who apply!

Common Prayer to be Read Around the Globe on December 21st

Lockerbie Scotland’s Rev. Sandy Stoddart and Hendricks Chapel’s Dean Tiffany Steinwert have composed a Common Prayer. The prayer is being distributed widely – especially via social media – and is intended to be read on December 21, 2013 at 2:03 p.m. (Eastern Time, 7:03 p.m. Greenwich time).  The prayer can be found on SU’s webpage for the 25th Anniversary:  www.syr.edu/pa103remembrance25. It is also reprinted below.

25th Anniversary Common Prayer

25th Anniversary Memorial Events Announced

To mark the 25th anniversary of those lost on Pan Am 103, there are 5 services planned in the US and the UK on Saturday, December 21, 2013 (please note that all times listed are local times) at

  • Syracuse University at 2:03 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel
  • Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington VA, at the Pan Am Cairn, at 1:30 p.m.
  • Westminster Abbey, London, England at 6:45 pm
  • Lockerbie, Scotland at Dryfesdale Cemetery at 2 p.m. and at Dryfesdale Church at 6:30 p.m.

All are welcome at these services.

  • New York City at SU’s Lubin House (11 East 61st St., NY, NY  10065) at 1:30-3:30 p.m.  Due to space limitations, you must RSVP to attend this event; contact Scott Austin at scott.austin.sca@gmail.com

Many of the Lockerbie Scholars have joined local officials and clergy in planning and carrying out the services in Lockerbie. The Scholars are also hosting a gathering on Friday, December 20th at 7 p.m. in the Lockerbie Academy Assembly Hall, to share stories and memories.  Claire Dorrance, Jessica and Kirsty Liddon invite you to this event and the services, should you be in Lockerbie on the 21st.  If you are planning to attend, or just want more information, please contact them at jess0593@hotmail.co.uk.

 

If you would like to learn more about any of the events listed above, please visit:

Service at Lubin House in NYC, email:  scottoaustin@yahoo.com

The Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 Website at: http://www.victimsofpanamflight103.org/,

or SU’s Pan Am Archives website at: http://archives.syr.edu/panam/