The 2009-2010 Remembrance Scholars cordially invite you to

Syracuse University’s 2009 Remembrance Week

Sunday, November 8th – Saturday, November 14th

Our goal is to honor and remember the 35 SU students and all 270 victims tragically lost through the act of terrorism in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988.

2009 Remembrance Week Schedule of Events
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October 26th – November 6th
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Remembrance Scholars will make classroom presentation both on campus and at local high schools informing students about Remembrance Week and why this tragedy is remembered.

Thursday, November 5
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10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m -  Scholars will distribute information at tables in Schine Student Center
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Scholars and SU Physical Plant staff will build the Memorial Cairn on the Quad

November 6 – December 21
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A Special Moment in Time: 1988 Fall Semester in London
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Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel

Last year’s 20th anniversary of Pan Am Flight 103 saw a return to campus of many Fall 1988 London alumni. Their expression of continuing love and devotion of their fellow students lost in the tragedy propels this current exhibition. 

This year the University Archives decided to create an exhibition that focuses not on the tragedy or aftermath of Pan Am Flight 103 but rather the joy and camaraderie of the time the SU students spent with their fellow students in London that year. The panels seek to accentuate the life that was lived, not the tragedy that followed. No one is personally identified as a victim or a survivor. They all appear as a group, the way they were then and still are in our collective minds and hearts.

Saturday, November 7
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 Schools will place Memorial Ribbons on the trees on the Quad

Sunday, November 8
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11:00 a.m. -  3.5 for 35 Memorial Run on SU’s North Campus
     Registration begins at 10:00 a.m. at the Schine Student Center

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER:
3.5 for 35 Memorial Run

Monday and Tuesday, November 9 and 10
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Scholars will distribute information and carnations at tables in Schine Student Center and Whitman School of Management, Times: TBA

Monday, November 9
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Why We Remember Pan Am 103 Symposium
Room 010 (Auditorium) Crouse Hinds Building
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Connecting Lockerbie and Syracuse

Wednesday, November 11
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7:30 p.m. - "Their Words and Ours: A Night of Remembrance"
Hendricks Chapel
Performances by Orange Appeal, The Black Celestial Choral Emsemble, Grove Stand, and more . . .

Friday, November 13
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Alumni Event - TBA
2:03 p.m. - Rose Laying Ceremony at the Wall of Remembrance in front of Hall of Languages
3:30 p.m. – Remembrance Convocation - Hendricks Chapel
     Reception to follow in Heroy Lab Lobby

Saturday, November 14
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10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. – VPAF 103 Family Meeting in Bird Library

Actions and events which occurred earlier this fall:

Tuesday, September 22
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On September 22, 2009, the Remembrance Scholars and SU’s Student Association held a candlelight vigil on the steps of Hendricks Chapel to honor and remember the 35 Syracuse University students who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103. The SU vigil was scheduled on the eve of the visit of Muammar Gaddafi, President of Lybia, to the United Nations Opening Ceremony.

In addition, the SU Student Association, in conjunction with the Remembrance Scholars, passed Resolution 53-180: Response to Recent Events Involving Pan Am 103 bombing.

Wednesday, September 23
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On September 23, 2009, members of the Syracuse University community (staff and alumni) joined the families of the victims of Pan Am 103 and the American Libyan Freedom Alliance to protest Moammar Gaddafi’s attendance at the opening ceremonies of the UN General Assembly.  About 250 demonstrators gathered at the Dag-hammarskjold Plaza in New York City.

This site will be updated periodically with further information and an updated schedule of this year’s Remembrance events.

Please direct any questions to the Alumni Outreach committee:
Sandra Appiah at sappiah@syr.edu, Sarah DiGiulio at sdigiuli@syr.edu,
or George Williams at gjwill02@syr.edu, or to the Office of Undergraduate Studies at jlorourk@syr.edu.

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Past Years Remembrance Week Schedules:

2008 Schedule of Events

2007 Schedule of Events

2006 Schedule of Events

2005 Schedule of Events

2004 Schedule of Events

2003 Schedule of Events

2002 Schedule of Events

2000 Schedule of Events

1998 Schedule of Events

1998 Ten Year Remembrance

1997 Schedule of Events

1996 Schedule of Events

Remembrance Week consists of a weeklong series of events honoring the lives of 35 Syracuse University students who lost their lives in the Pan Am Flight 103 terrorist attack over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988. Each year, 35 Remembrance Scholarships, each in the amount of $5,000, are awarded to undergraduate students for distinguished academic achievement, citizenship, and service to community. The 2009-2010 Remembrance Scholars will host all events.