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.

Read the full story, including information about registering for the livestream, at Syracuse University News.

This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The 2021-22 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities—from exhibitions to screenings to a candlelight vigil—to honor the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who lost their lives in the tragedy.

Remembrance Week, the annual weeklong series of events planned by the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, will be held Sunday, Oct. 17, through Saturday, Oct. 23. Remembrance Week events are meant to honor the victims and further educate the campus community about terrorism. All activities are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit remembrance.syr.edu. Those who require accommodations to fully participate in these events should contact Kelly Rodoski at 315.443.5381 or kahoman@syr.edu. The schedule of Remembrance Week events is available on the Events page of the Remembrance website, as well as in Syracuse University News.

A virtual convocation for the 2020-21 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars was held on Friday, April 30, at 4 p.m. ET.

The convocation honors the achievements of the 2020-21 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, and pays tribute to the Syracuse University students, Lockerbie residents and all those lost in the terrorist bombing of Pam Am Flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The Remembrance Scholarship, awarded to 35 Syracuse seniors chosen for distinguished scholarship, citizenship and service to the community, is one of the highest honors a Syracuse University student can receive. The Lockerbie-Syracuse Scholarships are awarded annually to two students from Lockerbie Academy to study at Syracuse University for one year. Through these scholarships and the scholars, we express our hope for the future.

A recording of this can be found at this link.

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2021-22 Remembrance Scholars.

The scholarships, now in their 32nd year, 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 Jean Thompson ’66 and Syracuse University Life Trustee Richard L. Thompson G’67 in memory of Jean Taylor Phelan Terry ’43 and John F. Phelan, Jean Thompson’s parents; by Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Steven Barnes ’82 and Deborah Barnes; and by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation.

This scholarship is one of the highest honors a Syracuse University student can receive. The 35 candidates selected to represent and memorialize those students killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 undergo a rigorous and competitive application and interview process. This year’s scholars, as well as the 2021-22 Lockerbie Scholars, will plan the Remembrance events held at Syracuse University next year as they fulfill the mission to “Look Back, Act Forward” in memory of those lost. Read more about the new cohort on Syracuse University News.

A virtual Remembrance Convocation will be held on Friday, April 30, at 4 p.m. ET.

The convocation honors the achievements of the 2020-21 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, and pays tribute to the Syracuse University students, Lockerbie residents and all those lost in the terrorist bombing of Pam Am Flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The Remembrance Scholarship, awarded to 35 Syracuse seniors chosen for distinguished scholarship, citizenship and service to the community, is one of the highest honors a Syracuse University student can receive. The Lockerbie-Syracuse Scholarships are awarded annually to two students from Lockerbie Academy to study at Syracuse University for one year. Through these scholarships and the scholars, we express our hope for the future.

Registration is now open for this virtual service at this link. Upon completing registration, you will be provided the Zoom link for the service.

The service will be offered on a Zoom webinar, and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. Requests for additional accommodations can be made by contacting Hendricks Chapel at chapelevents@syr.edu by Monday, April 26.

 

The distinction of being named a University Scholar is the highest undergraduate honor bestowed by Syracuse University. This year, two Remembrance Scholars are among the 12 graduating students selected as University Scholars. They are:

• Patrick Linehan, a newspaper and online journalism major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, 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; and
• Simran Mirchandani, a biochemistry and Spanish language, literature and culture major in the College of Arts and Sciences, an economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program.

Read more about all of this year’s University Scholars in Syracuse University News.

On Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 at 2:03 p.m. EST, the Syracuse University community gathered virtually for the annual Pan Am Flight 103 Memorial Service. The service, hosted by the Dean and Chaplains of Hendricks Chapel, honored the 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University study abroad students, who were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland on that date and time 32 years ago. Chancellor Kent Syverud, Dean Brian Konkol, Chaplains, Remembrance Scholars, and current and former Lockerbie Scholars offered prayers, reflections, and a reading of the names of the 35 students who were lost that day.

A recording of this service, along with remembrances submitted by members of the Syracuse University and Lockerbie, Scotland communities, and family and friends of the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing in advance of the 2020 annual memorial service can be found on the Pan Am Flight 103 Memorial Service portion of this site.

Syracuse University will host a virtual Pan Am Flight 103 Memorial Service on Monday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. ET. This is the exact time that Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988, 32 years ago.

The service will honor the 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University students, who were killed in the bombing. The students were returning home from a semester of study abroad in London and Florence.

Chancellor Kent Syverud, Hendricks Chapel chaplains, and Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars will offer reflections. The names of the 35 Syracuse University students whose lives were lost that day will be read. Personal reflections and memories, which can be submitted upon registration for the service, may be included in the ceremony.

Registration is open now and is available on ’Cuse Community. Upon completing registration, you will be provided the Zoom link for the service.

Closed captioning for the service will be provided, and requests for additional accommodations can be made by contacting Hendricks Chapel at chapelevents@syr.edu by Wednesday, Dec. 16.

The 2021-22 Remembrance Scholarship application will open on Thursday, Nov. 12.

The Remembrance Scholarship is one of the highest honors a Syracuse University student can receive. Those selected are chosen on the basis of scholarship, leadership and service to the community, including service to the military, ROTC, first responder, student government, campus clubs or other community organizations.

The 35 rising seniors chosen are each awarded a $5,000 Remembrance Scholarship, with recipients representing one of the 35 Syracuse University students lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.

Remembrance Scholars will help educate the campus community about extremism by relating Syracuse University’s Pan Am Flight 103 experience to current events. Through education, all 270 lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, especially the University’s 35 students, are remembered and honored. The motto of the Remembrance Scholars is “Look Back and Act Forward.”

More details about the application process are available here, and on the Become a Scholar page of this website.

Syracuse University’s 2020-21 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars are currently hosting the first Remembrance activity of this academic year.

Thirty-five empty chairs have been placed in the area stretching from the Place of Remembrance to the Hall of Languages. The seats are arranged in the formation of the seats on Pan Am Flight 103 that the 35 Syracuse University students they represent were sitting in for 38 minutes, up until the exact time the Pan Am 103 bombing occurred on Dec. 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and the need to limit in-person gatherings, Remembrance will look different during 2020-21 academic year. The annual Rose-Laying ceremony and Remembrance Convocation have been postponed. It is the scholars’ hope and intention to hold these two events during the Spring 2021 semester, as health and safety circumstances allow.

Read more about this week’s displays and changes to Remembrance programming for the 2020-21 academic year in this recent article from Syracuse University News.