Ebel Earns Remembrance Scholar Distinction

Syracuse rowing student-athlete Charlotte Ebel is one of 35 students selected as 2024-25 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars. A junior from Urbana, Ill., She is the fifth Orange rower to be named a Syracuse University Remembrance Scholar since the program began in 1990-91. The scholarships, now in their 35th 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.

A 2023 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete and All-ACC Academic Team selection, Ebel is a triple major, studying public relations in the Newhouse School of Public Communications and German language, literature and culture and women’s gender studies in the College of Arts & Sciences. Ebel rowed two-seat in the Orange second varsity eight, which earned wins against Penn, Radcliffe, Indiana and Ohio State to open the season, and was in the three-seat of the varsity four that beat Yale and Cornell at the Cayuga Cup This past weekend Ebel rowed three-seat in the second varsity eight that beat Oregon State and lost to Cal and Stanford at the UVA Invite.

Support for the Remembrance Scholarship
Significant support for the Remembrance Scholarships has been provided by Jean Thompson ’66 and Syracuse University Life Trustee Richard L. Thompson G’67 in memory of Jean Taylor Phelan Terry ’43 and John F. Phelan, Jean Thompson’s parents; by Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Steven Barnes ’82 and Deborah Barnes; by The Syracuse Association of Zeta Psi in memory of Alexander Lowenstein; and by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation.

Remembrance Scholar Selection Process
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 scholarship, leadership and service to the community.

Additionally, two students from Lockerbie come to Syracuse each year for one year of study through the Syracuse-Lockerbie Scholarships, also in their 35th year. The scholarships are jointly funded by Syracuse University and the Lockerbie Trust. Cameron Colville and Anna Newbould were recently selected as the 2024-25 Lockerbie Scholars.
“Remembrance Scholars represent Syracuse University at its best through their academic achievements, their leadership skills and their contributions to the University,” says Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter. “They reflect the talent and promise of those students whose memories they honor. We are very proud to call them members of our University community.”

The Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars plan the Remembrance activities held at the University each year. The scholars will be recognized during a convocation in the fall.

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