Thirty-five students have been chosen as the 2025-26 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars, 20 of which are Syracuse Abroad program alumni and Global Ambassadors.
The scholarships, now in their 36th year, were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the students studying in London and Florence through Syracuse University who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Those students 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.
Remembrance Scholars are chosen in their junior year through a competitive selection process. Applicants submitted an essay and a reflective response in multimedia, artistic, musical or written format as part of a comprehensive application. The application evaluation committee is composed of University faculty and staff and current Remembrance Scholars. The $5,000 scholarships are awarded on the basis of community impact, leadership, creativity and thoughtful academic inquiry.
The study abroad alum scholars are:
Ellie Allen of Newton, Massachusetts, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a policy studies major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; Summer Program: The European and Global Internship Program in Brussels and Global Ambassador
Jacqueline Arbogast of Warwick, New York, a television, radio and film major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; Madrid Center
Belinda Chan of Brooklyn, New York, a social work major in the Falk College; World Partner: University College Dublin
Tommy DaSilva of Newark, Delaware, a public health major in the Falk College; a policy studies major in the Maxwell School and A&S, and a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School; London Summer Session and Global Ambassador
Nick Dekaney of Syracuse, New York, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School; London Center
Ava Downey of Newport Beach, California, a linguistics major in A&S, an international relations major in the Maxwell School and A&S, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; World Partner: Amideast Area and Arabic Language Studies in Morocco and Global Ambassador
Leah Farrell of New Milford, Connecticut, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School and policy studies major in the Maxwell School and A&S and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; Strasbourg Center
Abbey Fitzpatrick of Pacific Grove, California, a history and political science major in the Maxwell School and A&S; Florence Center and Global Ambassador
Olivia Fried of Clinton Corners, New York, an international relations major in the Maxwell School and A&S and magazine, news and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School; Santiago Center and Global Ambassador
Olutoyin Green, of Long Island, New York, a health humanities and political philosophy major in A&S, a law, society and policy major in the Maxwell School, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; World Partner: SIT South Africa: International Relations in the Global South and Global Ambassador
Alani Henderson of Syracuse, New York, a political science major in the Maxwell School and A&S and a law, society and policy major the Maxwell School; London Center and Global Ambassador
Wafiq Khondkar of New Hyde Park, New York, a biotechnology and philosophy major in A&S and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; Madrid Summer Session
Joy Mao, of Cary, North Carolina, a policy studies major in the Maxwell School and A&S, a television, radio and film major in the Newhouse School, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; London Center
Valeria Martinez-Gutierrez of Laredo, Texas, a geography and sociology major in the Maxwell School and A&S; an environment, sustainability and policy major in the Maxwell School, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; London Center
Marc Pantano of Newington, Connecticut, a marketing and supply chain management major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management; Madrid Center and Global Ambassador
Zachary Setzkorn of Overland Park, Kansas, a geography and history major in the Maxwell School and A&S, a social studies education major in the Maxwell School and School of Education, and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; London Center and Global Ambassador
Ethan Shavelson of Parkland, Florida, an acting major in VPA; London Center: Acting at Shakespeare’s Globe
Nathan Torabi, of Visalia, California, a political science major in the Maxwell School and A&S; a citizenship and civic engagement and law, society and policy major in the Maxwell School, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; Florence Center
Jacquelyn Trotman of Edison, New Jersey, a retail management major in the Whitman School, an advertising major (creative track) in the Newhouse School, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; Florence Center
Anya Von Wolff of San Francisco, California, a fashion design major in VPA; World Partner: London College of Fashion
