University Announces 2022-23 Remembrance Scholars

The scholarships, now in their 33rd 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.

Remembrance Scholars are chosen in their junior year through a rigorous, competitive process. Applicants submitted an essay and a reflective response in multimedia, artistic, musical or written format as part of a comprehensive application, and finalists were interviewed by members of the selection committee, composed of University faculty, staff and current Remembrance Scholars. The $5,000 scholarships are awarded on the basis of scholarship, leadership and service to the community.

The following Maxwell students were among those chosen:

David Barbier Jr., international relations
Olivia Budelmann; environment, sustainability and policy
Emma Dahmen, economics and citizenship and civic engagement
Cori Dill, political science
Dara Drake, policy studies
Fabryce Fetus, policy studies
Karina Freeland, policy studies
Kinley Gaudette, policy studies
Riya Gupta, policy studies
Jaime Heath; policy studies, political science and citizenship and civic engagement
Sifan Hunde, international relations
Ivy Lin, history
Ofentse Mokoka, economics
Riley Moore, political science
Nadia Nelson, policy studies and political science
Mackenzie Quinn, political science and sociology
Maggie Sardino, citizenship and civic engagement
Aidaruus Shirwa, policy studies and economics
Louis Smith, citizenship and civic engagement
Taylor Stover, international relations and history
Alesandra “Sasha” Temerte, economics