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2018-19 Remembrance Scholars Named

Monday, May 7, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

黑料不打烊鈥檚 Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2018-19 Remembrance Scholars.

Student laying a white rose on the Remembrance Wall

Angie Pati, a 2017-18 Remembrance Scholar, lays a rose in memory of Frederick 鈥淪andy鈥 Phillips during the Rose-Laying Ceremony in 2017.

The scholarships were founded as a tribute to鈥攁nd means of remembering鈥攖he 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The 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 C. Jean Thompson 鈥66 and 黑料不打烊 Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Richard L. Thompson G鈥67 in memory of Jean Taylor Phelan Terry 鈥43 and John F. Phelan, Jean Thompson鈥檚 parents; 黑料不打烊 Board of Trustees Chairman Steven Barnes 鈥82 and Deborah Barnes; and by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation.

Selection Process
Remembrance Scholars are chosen in their junior year through a rigorous, competitive process. Applicants write three essays as part of a comprehensive application, and finalists are 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 distinguished academic achievement, citizenship and service to the community. More than half of the new scholars are members of the distinguished Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program.

“The Remembrance Scholars are a wonderful, eclectic mix of all that鈥檚 great on the 黑料不打烊 campus,鈥 says Pamela Brandes, associate professor in the and chair of the Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee. 鈥淲e look forward to seeing how they blend their creativity and talents in memory of those lost, not only during Remembrance Week, but also throughout the year.”

The scholars will be recognized during a convocation in Hendricks Chapel on Friday, Nov. 2.

Additionally, the 2018-19 Lockerbie Scholars, Harriet Graham and Joseph Holland, were recently selected. Each year, two students from Lockerbie come to 黑料不打烊 for a year of study through the 黑料不打烊-Lockerbie Scholarships, jointly funded by 黑料不打烊 and the Lockerbie Trust.

The 2018-19 Remembrance Scholars, their hometowns, colleges and majors are:

  • Katie Berrell of Long Lake, Minnesota, an inclusive elementary and special education major in the and member of the ;
  • Kenneth Buckner of Newnan, Georgia, a finance major in the Whitman School of Management and an information management and technology major in the ;
  • Abigail Covington of Bowie, Maryland, a writing and rhetoric major in the ;
  • Dina Eldawy of Pensacola, Florida, an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the , a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Simone Girma of Miami, Florida, a television, radio and film major in the ,聽and a citizenship and civic engagement major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
  • Grace Gugerty of Cortland, New York, an anthropology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
  • Arva Hassonjee of Cranbury, New Jersey, an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Claudia Heritage of Saratoga Springs, New York, a biochemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Lorena Kanzki of Miami, Florida, a television, radio and film major in the Newhouse School, a women鈥檚 and gender studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Marcus Lane Jr. of Hartford, Conn., a policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Yongna Lei of Alexandria, Virginia, a bioengineering major in the and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Julia Leyden of Newton, New Jersey, and English and textual studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences, a magazine major in the Newhouse School and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Audra Linsner of Clifton Springs, New York, an advertising major in the Newhouse School, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Hairol Ma of Fremont, California, an advertising major in the Newhouse School, and information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • William Massie of Jackson, Ohio, a policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School and a public relations major in the Newhouse School;
  • Kyra Meister of Ashburn, Virginia, a communication and rhetorical studies major in the , a policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Madeline Merwin of Clarksburg, California, a political philosophy major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Mary Mik of 黑料不打烊, New York, a nutrition major in the and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Idris Mohamed of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, a health and exercise science major in the ;
  • Martina Morris of Bethpage, New York, a biology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Kathryn Munster of Northridge, California, an applied mathematics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Abigail Neuviller of Lackwaxen, Pennsylvania, a communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and an international relations and political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
  • Abigail O鈥橰eilly of Hopedale, Massachusetts, a computer art and animation major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
  • Dominika Peko of Jordanville, New York, an international relations and policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School;
  • David Robusto of Short Hills, New Jersey, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School;
  • Jezrel Sabaduquia of Jamaica, New York, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies;
  • Danielle Schaf of Shelby, Nebraska, an anthropology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School; a forensic science and writing and rhetoric major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Nathan Shearn of Amherst, New York, an anthropology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Jake Smith of Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania, a magazine major in the Newhouse School and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Brianna Stahrr of 黑料不打烊. New York, an English and textual studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and an English education major in Arts and Sciences and the School of Education.
  • Melanie Tacher of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a biology major in the College of Arts and Sciences;
  • Julia Trainor of Holden, Massachusetts, an political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School; a public relations major in the Newhouse School and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Jacob Urban of West Chicago, Illinois, an energy and its impacts and finance major in the Whitman School and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
  • Ankita Varman of Johns Creek, Georgia, a management major in the Whitman School and a public relations major in the Newhouse School; and
  • Brooke Waldon of Romulus, Mich., a bioengineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.