Syracuse University School of Education juniors Mason Burley ’27 (Inclusive Adolescent Education/History/Disability Studies) of Webster, NY, and Sydney Kincaid ’27 (Music Education) of Seattle, WA, are among 35 students who have been chosen as 2026-2027 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars.
Active in the campus community, Burley is a Residential Mentor for InclusiveU in Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education; a preservation assistant at Syracuse University Libraries; Board of Elections Commissioner for the Syracuse University Student Association; a member of Kappa Delta Pi, the national honors society of educators; an SOE Peer Advisor; and a Syracuse University Abroad Global Ambassador.
Just as active, Kincaid is Undergraduate Music Director of Syracuse University Bands; President of Chapter 215, National Association of Music Education; and a peer advisor and student ambassador in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
The Remembrance scholarships, now in their 37th 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.
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 community impact, leadership, creativity, and thoughtful academic inquiry.
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.