The 2019-20 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 25, 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 Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided at the convocation. More details about Friday’s ceremonies and this year’s Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars are available in this recent story from Syracuse University News.

This year marks the 31st anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988 and the 30^th cohorts of Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars on the Syracuse University campus. The 2019-20 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities—from exhibitions to panel discussions 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. 20 through Saturday, Oct. 26. Read more about the week’s events in this recent story from Syracuse University News.

The Remembrance community is asking student organizations to collectively pledge 35 hours of service during Remembrance Week (Oct. 20-25) in honor of the 35 Syracuse University study abroad students who lost their lives in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988. The Pledge to Remember initiative is coordinated in collaboration with the Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service, Hendricks Chapel Office of Engagement Programs, and the Renée Crown University Honor Program.

To pledge service hours, student organization members can submit their availability in the Google form available at bit.ly/2AWpfML. Organizations and individuals will be matched with volunteer opportunities in accordance with their availability and ability to travel.

The schedule of programs and events for Remembrance Week 2019 is now available on our events page and through the Syracuse University Events Calendar at calendar.syracuse.edu/events. These initiatives, coordinated by the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, are intended to bring the campus and local community together in the spirit of the Remembrance motto: Look Back, Act Forward.

 

If you ask his friends what makes Cleo Hamilton an outstanding example of Orange spirit, his dedication and determination are two characteristics that stand out. Hamilton is entering his senior year at Syracuse University this fall with one of the highest honors a student can receive, being named a 2019-2020 Remembrance Scholar, defying odds along the way.

Read more about Cleo in this recent story for Syracuse University News.

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2019-2020 Remembrance Scholars. Read more about the new cohort of Scholars.

Are you a rising senior? If so, you are invited to learn more about the Remembrance Scholars Program.

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 or other community organizations.

You can learn more about the Remembrance Scholar application process in this article from Syracuse University News. Additional information about the Remembrance Scholarship application process and a link to access the application are available on the Become a Scholar page of the Remembrance website.

Even though he passed away nearly a decade before she was born, Steven Russell Berrell has always been a strong presence in the life of his niece, Katie, a Syracuse University senior. This year, Katie has had the opportunity to create a new special bond with her Uncle Steve. A native of Orono, Minnesota, Katie is an inclusive elementary and special education major in the School of Education, a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program and a 2018-19 Remembrance Scholar. She is representing Steve during her scholar year, and she is the first direct relative to represent one of the 35 Syracuse University student victims in the Remembrance Scholar Program’s 29-year history. Read more about Katie and her Uncle Steve on Syracuse University News.