Remembrance Scholarship Information Session

The Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA)

cfsa@syr.edu / https://nationalscholarships.syr.edu/

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Agenda

• Remembrance Scholarship background
• Duties of Remembrance Scholars
• Selection criteria
• Eligibility
• Application components
• Application timeline
• Discussion with current Remembrance Scholars
• Q&A

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Remembrance Scholarship Background

• Each year, 35 Syracuse University students are selected to honor and remember all 270 people who perished in the Pan Am Flight 103/ Lockerbie Air Disaster in 1988
• Scholars are expected to undertake meaningful service and promote initiatives that educate the campus community about the tragedy, and that combat hatred and extremism
• Motto is “Look Back, Act Forward”
• https://panam103.syr.edu/
• https://remembrance.syr.edu/

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Remembrance Scholar Duties

• Decide as a group how to “Look Back, Act Forward”
• Respectfully represent the victims
• Hold weekly group meetings and serve on a subcommittee
• Coordinate education and outreach
• Plan, organize, publicize, and participate in Remembrance Week
• Educate the campus about the Pan Am flight 103 / Lockerbie Air Disaster
• Engage with the Pan Am 103 / Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
• Welcome and work with the two Lockerbie Scholars studying from Lockerbie, Scotland

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Remembrance Scholar Selection Criteria

Community Impact

• Record of sustained engagement or service, and commitment to improving the lives of others, on campus or in broader communities
• Understanding of how community work impacts others

Leadership

• Record of personal integrity
• Demonstrated ability to “act forward” by effecting meaningful change or improvement within the campus or broader communities, whether by organizing, mobilizing, or inspiring others.

Creativity

• Demonstrated ability to draw connections, synthesize ideas, and/or solve problems in original ways
• Creative approach to the Remembrance Program’s mission

Thoughtful Academic Inquiry

• Record of thoughtfully chosen coursework, independent research or creative inquiry, and/or contributions to the academic environment of school, college or university
• Ability to draw connections between academic training and plans to create positive change by “acting forward”

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Eligibility

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Online Application�https://nationalscholarships.syr.edu/remembrance-application/�

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Application Components

• Biographical student info
• TWO recommendations
• Recommenders complete a form responding to questions about how you fit the selection critera
• One recommendation must come from a faculty member who has taught, advised, mentored, or supervised you
• One can come from an individual who knows you in a professional capacity (employer, supervisor, coach), or another faculty member
• Resume
• 2 open response questions

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Open Response Questions

1. The motto of the Remembrance Scholars is to "Look Back, Act Forward." Reflecting on your own experiences, how have you demonstrated leadership, ally-ship, and/or service to one or more communities? What prompted your interest in this work? How might you act forward as a Remembrance Scholar to contribute to the Syracuse University Community and other communities after your graduation? (500 words or fewer)

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• Why do you want to be a Remembrance Scholar, and what experiences, talents or insights will you bring to that community? (Open format-- including essays, stories, poems, videos, musical compositions, drawings, storyboards, theatrical performances, podcasts, business plan or product design, etc).

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Timeline

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Current Scholar Perspective

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• Alison Gilmore
• Mitchell Mazza
• Emily Saad

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Questions?

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We hope you apply!�

Email application and scholarship questions to

remember@syr.edu

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