Gallery: Recapping Remembrance Week 2023

Gallery: Recapping Remembrance Week 2023

Chairs on a grass plain.

Cassandra Roshu | Photo Editor

Throughout Remembrance Week, chairs sat on the Shaw Quad in front of Hendricks Chapel to symbolize the lives lost in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. Each chair stood in the place of the victims' plane seats, with chairs to represent the flight crew and other passengers positioned at the front of the assembly.

A building behind a wall.

Joe Zhao | Asst. Photo Editor

The Place of Remembrance in front of the Hall of Languages is the center point for all Remembrance Week events. The names of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing victims are inscribed along the wall.

A hand placing a candle on a stone wall.

Surya Vaidy | Contributing Photographer

Scholars place candles along the Wall of Remembrance during the Candlelight Vigil on Sunday. This year, the scholars represented SU students who died in the bombing as well as the rest of the flight passengers and crew.

A girl giving a speech.

Surya Vaidy | Contributing Photographer

During the candlelight vigil, the Remembrance Scholars read speeches about the victims they represent. Remembrance Scholar Sophie Creager-Roberts spoke about what it takes to be a Remembrance Scholar while the other scholars and spectators listened.

Two girls crying while standing in a crowd.

Surya Vaidy | Contributing Photographer

Speeches from current and past Remembrance Scholars drew emotional responses during the Candlelight Vigil. The vigil, held at the Place of Remembrance on Sunday, marked the beginning of this year's Remembrance Week.

People sitting on a lawn.

Jack Henry | Contributing Photographer

The Remembrance Scholars participate in the “Sitting in Solidarity” event on Wednesday morning. They sat in silence for 35 minutes in the same configuration of the seats on Pan Am Flight 103.

Singers and Musicians playing a tune.

Cassandra Roshu | Photo Editor

The Remembrance Scholar Convocation was led by messages from Gretchen Ritter, vice chancellor, Brian Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel, and Lois Agnew, associate provost for academic programs. The Hendricks Chapel Choir captivated the audience with “Such Splendor” by Cecilia McDowall and the Wind Ensemble performed “Angels Rising” by Frank Ticheli.

Two women embrace eachother.

Cassandra Roshu | Photo Editor

Hannah Starorypinksi, along with the other scholars, embraces family and friends after the Remembrance Scholar Convocation. In a speech, Starorypinski encouraged the audience to find beauty in the midst of grief while looking at the past and future.

Colorful rocks placed in a bin.

Alexander Zhiltsov | Contributing Photographer

On the Quad, university students and families paint rocks during the Remembrance Stone Painting event. After students and families finish painting their stones, they are put into a box and, during the Rose Laying Ceremony, Remembrance Scholars place them on top of the Wall of Remembrance.

A crowd stands in a circle.

Cassandra Roshu | Photo Editor

Hundreds of people gather Friday at the Place of Remembrance to observe the Rose Laying Ceremony. The audience remained quiet as the Remembrance Scholars spoke.

Roses laid on a stone wall.

Cassandra Roshu | Photo Editor

The Remembrance Scholars took turns saying a few words for the victim which they represent and then laid a rose for them on the Place of Remembrance. While most scholars represented student victims, a few represented the crew and other victims onboard.

Men with flowers walk into the crowd.

Cassandra Roshu | Photo Editor

This year's Lockerbie Scholars, Joshua Halliday and Tristan Woolley, share their thoughts at the start of the Rose Laying Ceremony. Two students from Lockerbie, Scotland, are selected to study at SU for a year as part of the annual Remembrance Program.

A man lays a rose.

Lars Jendruschewitz | Asst. Photo Editor

During the Rose Laying Ceremony Friday, Remembrance Scholar Elliot Salas puts a rose on the Wall of Remembrance.

People standing near a stone wall.

Lars Jendruschewitz | Asst. Photo Editor

Families and friends reflect at the Wall of Remembrance during Friday's Rose Laying Ceremony.

A man stands and watches the crowd.

Cassandra Roshu | Photo Editor

Zach Blackstock, one of the 2022-23 Lockerbie Scholars, observes the Rose Laying Ceremony alongside friends from his time at SU. Blackstock and Natasha Gilfillian, the other Lockerbie Scholar from last year, were both on the campus for this year's Remembrance Week to revisit their community in Syracuse.

Small flags placed in the shape of a flower.

Lars Jendruschewitz | Asst. Photo Editor

Blue and white flags make up a flower formation on the walkway leading to the Place of Remembrance. The flower was placed ahead of the Rose Laying Ceremony.