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Syracuse University announced the names of the 35 2022-23 Remembrance Scholars in a university press release on Thursday.

The scholarship honors the 35 students killed during the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, the release read. Two more students were selected to be the 2022-23 Lockerbie Scholars, representing the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, where the plane crashed.

The two students, Zach Blackstock and Natasha Gilfillan, will come to SU for a year of study. Both the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholar programs are entering their 33rd year, the release read.

“(The Remembrance Scholars) represent the legacy of each student lost in a horrific tragedy, looking back to ensure that they are remembered and honored,” said Vice Chancellor and Provost Gretchen Ritter.

The recently introduced Remembrance Scholars are listed below:

• David Barbier Jr., a television, radio, and film major and international relations major. Barbier is also a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
• Diane Benites, a biology major
• Mira Berenbaum, who majors in accounting as well as public relations. Berenbaum is also in the Renée Crown University Honors Program
• Olivia Budelmann, a Spanish languages, literature and culture major. Budelmann is also a mathematics major as well as a sustainability and police major who is in the Renée Crown University Honors Program
• Emma Dahmen, an economics major as well as a citizenship and civic engagement majors. Dahmen is also a Spanish language, literature and culture major in the Renée Crown University Honors Program
• Cori Dill, a political science majors and a public relations major
• Ronald Ditchek, a music education major
• Dara Drake, a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program and a policy studies major
• Fabryce Fetus, a policy studies major and public health major
• Karina Freeland, a policy studies major
• Kinley Gaudette, a Renée Crown University Honors Program member as well as a public health major. Gaudette is also a policy studies major
• Riya Gupta, a policy studies major
• Jaime Heath, a policy studies and political science major. Heath is also a citizenship and civic engagement major
• Sifan Hunde, a Renée Crown University Honors Program member as well as an international relations major. Hunde is also a psychology major
• Amanda Lalonde, a psychology and forensic science major as well as a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
• Adam Landry, a civil engineering major
• Ivy Lin, a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program and a creative writing major. Lin is also a history major
• Julianna Mercado, a biochemistry and forensic science major
• Jenna Merry, a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program and a student in the School of Architecture.
• Josh Meyers, a broadcast and digital journalism major
• Ofentse Mokoka, an economics major as well as a writing and rhetoric major
• Riley Moore, a communication and rhetorical studies major as well as a political science major. Moore is also a creative writing major
• Nadia Nelson, a policy studies major as well as a political science major
• Janice Poe, a chemistry major
• Mackenzie Quinn, a political science and sociology major as well as a Renée Crown University Honors Program member
• Maggie Sardino, a writing and rhetoric major as well as a Renée Crown University Honors Program member. Sardino is also a citizenship and civic engagement major
• Brielle Seidel, a public health major
• Car Shapiro, an entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major
• Aidaruus Shirwa, a policy studies and economics major
• Louis Smith, a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program as well as a biology major. Smith is also a citizenship and civic engagement major
• Emily Steinberger, a photojournalism major as well as a Renée Crown University Honors Program member. Steinberger is also a management major
• Taylor Stover, an international relations and history major as well as a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
• Alesandra “Sasha” Temerte, an economics major and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Temerte is also a writing and rhetoric major
• Amreeta Verma, a student in the School of Architecture
• Jared Welch, an electrical engineering major

“These 2022-2023 scholars represent a broad spectrum of disciplines, personal backgrounds and career aspirations,” Ritter said. “What brings them together is the desire to make the world better through leadership and service.”

Published on April 28, 2022 at 5:26 pm

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