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2008 Remembrance Week Schedule of Events
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Remembrance Week 2008 will be
Sunday, October 19 - Sunday, October 26
Throughout Remembrance Week, the Remembrance Scholars will interact with members of the campus community to inform and enlarge our understanding of the Pan Am tragedy and terrorism. Scholars will lead discussions in local high schools, make presentations in SU residence halls and in their classes, and lead activities in local community centers for young students.
Posters depicting the 35 SU students lost in the Pan Am 103 / Lockerbie Disaster will be hung in the Schine Student Center and throughout the campus beginning in mid-October until December 21st.
The Remembrance Scholars will build a Cairn on the Quad in front of Hendricks Chapel in honor of those killed in the Pan Am 103 Tragedy.. A cairn is traditional to the Scottish monument of remembrance, built of stones and often in a conical shape.
Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, October 20, 21, & 22
11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The Remembrance Scholars will distribute lapel ribbons and carnations on the Quad (rain location: Schine Student Center).
Scholars will also tie blue and white ribbons – each bearing the name of one of the SU students killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 – to trees on the SU campus.
Thursday, October 23:
8:00 PM Celebration of Life: Remembering the Lives They Led
A performance showcase by individuals and groups spanning music, monologues, and dance that celebrates the lives of the victims of the Pan Am 103. The event will begin with a luminaria display on the steps of Hendricks Chapel. The monologues have been crafted from journal entries, letters and poetry found in the SU Archives from some of the victims. Speakers from the SU London Faculty will also be sharing memories of the victims. The event is a celebration and remembrance of their lives, rather than a mourning of their deaths.
Friday, October 24:
2:03 PM (time of tragedy) Rose Laying Ceremony at the Wall of Remembrance in front of the Hall of Languages
This traditional and moving event will honor each of the 35 students killed on Pan Am Flight 103. Each of the 2008 – 2009 Remembrance Scholars will lay a rose in honor of the student they are representing.
3:30 PM Remembrance Scholar Convocation in Hendricks Chapel
This ceremony will honor the 2008 – 2009 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars.
Reception
A reception will follow immediately.
Saturday, Oct. 25
8:00 PM The Bird and the Two-Ton Weight in Hendricks Chapel
Written by Darcy Fowler, SU ’06, this is a play about life, death and family, and how they intersect with the Pan Am 103 tragedy.
This staged reading is free and open to the public.
Sunday, Oct. 26
2:30 PM The Bird and the Two-Ton Weight in Hendricks Chapel
Written by Darcy Fowler, SU ’06, this is a play about life, death and family, and how they intersect with the Pan Am 103 tragedy.
This staged reading is free and open to the public.
In early November
The Remembrance Scholars will host an information meeting for juniors interested in applying for the Scholarship.
Date, time and place to be announced.
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Additional Pan Am 103 20th Anniversary Activities:
Friday, September 26 to Sunday, Dec. 21
Dark Elegy
An exhibition of selected pieces from the sculpture collection by Suse Lowenstein.
The Quad, near Hendricks Chapel
Monday, October 19 to Sunday, Dec. 21
From Darkness into Light: 20 Years of the Pan Am 103 Archives
An exhibit featuring materials from the Pan Am 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives.
Hendricks Chapel Noble Room
Thursday, Oct. 23
Pan Am 103: Lessons Since Lockerbie
A Panel discussion co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media; the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism; the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs; the Campbell Public Affairs Institute; and the Student Association on Terrorism and Security Analysis.
Maxwell Auditorium, 4-6 p.m.
Celebration of Life: Remembering the Lives They Led
A performance showcase by individuals and groups spanning music, monologues, and dance that celebrates the lives of the victims of the Pan Am 103. The event will begin with a luminaria display on the steps of Hendricks Chapel. The monologues have been crafted from journal entries, letters and poetry found in the SU Archives from some of the victims. Speakers from the SU London Faculty will also be sharing memories of the victims. The event is a celebration and remembrance of their lives, rather than a mourning of their deaths.
Hendricks Chapel steps, 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 24
Pan Am 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Open for viewing.
Spector Room (608), sixth floor of E.S. Bird Library, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Annual Rose Laying Ceremony
This traditional and moving event will honor each of the 35 students killed on Pan Am Flight 103. Each of the 2008 – 2009 Remembrance Scholars will lay a rose in honor of the student they are representing.
Wall of Remembrance, 2:03 p.m.
Annual Remembrance Scholars Convocation
This ceremony will honor the 2008 – 2009 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars.
Hendricks Chapel, 3:30 p.m.
A reception will follow in the lobby of the Heroy Geology Building.
Saturday, Oct. 25
Story Archive (by appointment only)
An opportunity to create a video memory of your experiences related to Pan Am 103 and those lost in this tragedy.
Safire Room, sixth floor of E.S. Bird Library.
To make an appointment, e-mail Kelly Rodoski at kahoman@syr.edu.
Pan Am 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Open for viewing.
Spector Room (608), sixth floor of E.S. Bird Library, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Gathering of alumni from the Fall 1988 London and Florence programs, as well as the other alumni, family and friends
For information and reservations contact Stacey and John Sweeney at Stacey@staceysweeney.com or visit the 20th Anniversary website at http://panam103.syr.edu
The Bird and the Two-Ton Weight
Written by Darcy Fowler, SU ’06, this is a play about life, death and family, and how they intersect with the Pan Am 103 tragedy. Hendricks Chapel, 8 p.m.
This staged reading is free and open to the public.
Sunday, Oct. 26
Story Archive (by appointment only) -
An opportunity to create a video memory of your experiences related to Pan Am 103 and those lost in this tragedy.
Safire Room, sixth floor of E.S. Bird Library.
To make an appointment, e-mail Kelly Rodoski at kahoman@syr.edu.
Pam Am 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Open for viewing.
Spector Room (608), sixth floor of E.S. Bird Library. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Bird and the Two-Ton Weight –
Written by Darcy Fowler, SU ’06, this is a play about life, death and family, and how they intersect with the Pan Am 103 tragedy.
Hendricks Chapel, 2:30 p.m.
This staged reading is free and open to the public.
November
Staged readings of The Bird and the Two-Ton Weight will be given in London and Lockerbie.
Dates and times to be announced.
December 21
Memorial services will be held simultaneously at 2:03 p.m. Eastern Time at
* Hendricks Chapel in Syracuse
* The memorial cairn at Arlington National Cemetery in
Washington, D.C., and
* In Lockerbie, Scotland.
More details to be announced.
Past Years Remembrance Week Schedules:
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 because of distinguished academic achievement, citizenship, and service to community. The 2008-2009 Remembrance Scholars will host all events.
