Story by Wendy S. Loughlin
wsloughl@summon.syr.edu
Phone: 443-3784
October 19, 1998

Convocation ceremony recognizes 1998-99 Remembrance Scholars

After a week of events to honor and remember the 35 SU students who died 10 years ago aboard Pan Am Flight 103, the 1998-99 Remembrance Scholars will take part in a convocation ceremony Oct. 23 at 4:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.

 David M. Rubin, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and chair of the Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee, will preside.

 The Remembrance Scholars will enter the main chapel in a candlelight procession, then the invocation will be delivered by Richard L. Phillips, dean of Hendricks Chapel.

 Sharon R. Hollenback, professor of television, radio and film and chair of the communications department, and Judith L. O'Rourke, senior administrator in the Office of Undergraduate Studies, will speak in memory of the deceased students. A message from Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw will follow.

 Lockerbie Scholars Fiona A. Drysdale, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Alison Younger, a freshman in the School of Management, will be recognized.

 The Hendricks Chapel Choir, under the direction of G. Burton Harbison, will sing Gustav Holst's "Turn Back, Turn Back."

 O'Rourke will speak on behalf of the faculty, and one of the 1998-99 Remembrance Scholars will speak on behalf of the Scholars.

 Anna Marie Miazga, representing Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 Inc., will join Rubin in the presentation of the Remembrance Scholars.

 Thomas V. Wolfe, interdenominational Protestant chaplain and dean- designate of Hendricks Chapel, will deliver the benediction, followed by the SU Alma Mater, led by the choir.

 Other remembrance activities this week:

 Photographs of the 35 victims will be on display through Friday in the atrium of the Schine Student Center.

 On Tuesday, the Remembrance Scholars will host a rally focusing on terrorism, politics and international law, and their effects on the cause and prevention of human suffering. "Remembrance in Peace: Presentations and Dialogue" will feature many guest speakers, including George Williams, president of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 Inc.; Cory Louden-slager, a student in SU's College of Law whose sister died aboard TWA 800; College of Law professor Peter Bell; and Roy Simmons Jr., former head coach of the SU men's lacrosse team. The rally will take place at 10:30 a.m. in Room 227 of the Schine Student Center.

 At noon on Thursday, the Remembrance Scholars will hold a memorial service at the Place of Remembrance in front of the Hall of Languages. Students will read the victims' names and lay a rose on the monument in each one's honor. The service will be followed by a moment of silence, during which the Crouse College chimes will ring 35 times. All members of the University community are asked to observe the moment of silence when the chimes begin to toll.


The 1998-99 Remembrance Scholars

The 1998-99 Remembrance Scholars are: Arto Nazareth Asadoorian (Visual and Performing Arts and Education), Shrewsbury, Mass.; Abigail Caroline Bleck, (Newhouse), Glen Gardner, N.J.; Philip S. Brewster (Arts and Sciences), Lynn, Mass.; Larissa Brunner (Arts and Sciences), Allentown, Pa.; Karen Y. Bryla (Human Development), Utica, N.Y.; Isla S. Castaneda (Arts and Sciences), Stonington, Maine; Catherine A. Cwiakala (Education and Arts and Sciences), Wappingers Falls, N.Y.; Jennifer E. Doherty (Newhouse and Arts and Sciences), Herndon, Va.; Jason K. Down (Arts and Sciences), Franklin, Mass.; Mikio Fujitsuka (Newhouse), Chiba, Japan; Dana Gantz (Arts and Sciences), Philadelphia; and Christopher Michael Glorioso (Arts and Sciences and Newhouse), Gambrills, Md.

 Also, Nadine Marie Gomes (Arts and Sciences), Riverside, R.I.; Esther E. Gray (Arts and Sciences), Syracuse; Kimberly Hamilton (Newhouse), Lanoka Harbor, N.J.; Amy Fleming Hitchcoff (Visual and Performing Arts and Education), Montville, N.J.; Melissa M. Houle (Engineering and Computer Science), Greenfield, Mass.; Jason M. Jedlinski (Newhouse), Palatine, Ill.; Matthew Scott Kirby (Engineering and Computer Science), Derry, N.H.; Sondra Michelle Mastrelli (Human Development and Arts and Sciences), Fredonia, N.Y.; Steven Walter Medicis (Engineering and Computer Science), Jamesville, N.Y.; Kimberley B. Moenich (Newhouse and Arts and Sciences), Wilmington, N.C.; Judly Pierre (Arts and Sciences), Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Kristin Lea Refkofsky (Engineering and Computer Science), Stratford, Conn.

 Also, Stacy Lynn Reinstein (Arts and Sciences), Scottsdale, Ariz.; Maia Maureen Rodriguez (Visual and Performing Arts), Gates Mills, Ohio.; Rebecca Selvenis (Arts and Sciences), Olyphant, Pa.; Tevfik Metin Sezgin (Engineering and Computer Science), Erzurum, Turkey; Ida Justine Siegal (Arts and Sciences and Newhouse), New York City; Allison Lee Singer (Nursing), Chappaqua, N.Y.; Travers D. Stewart (Arts and Sciences), Spokane, Wash.; Amar C. Suryadevara (Engineering and Computer Science), North Syracuse; Bethany Way Thompson (Social Work), Whitefish Bay, Wis.; Richard J. Wagner (Architecture), Cortland, N.Y.; and Adam Wilkenfeld (Newhouse), Yuma, Ariz.