NOTES ON PEOPLE (05/19/96)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Receives Ph.D. in social psych

HURON, Ohio - Ludmyla Tatiana Wanshula received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Northern Illinois University in December 1995.

Dr. Wanshula's dissertation was titled "To Nudge or to Budge? The Effect of Different Versions of the Dynamite Charge on the Behavior, Subjective Impressions and Legal Understanding of Deliberating Mock Jurors."

Since fall 1994, Dr. Wanshula has been an assistant professor of psychology in the department of natural and social sciences at Bowling Green State University in Huron, Ohio. She is credited with several publications in professional journals and has presented numerous scholarly papers at academic conferences. Dr. Wanshula also serves as the coordinator of the Human Services Program.

In past years Dr. Wanshula has been very active in various Ukrainian community organizations, including the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM-A), choirs, band, plays and summer camps, where she was a counselor.

Dr. Wanshula is the youngest of four daughters of Wasyl and Nadya Wanshula, presently of Port Charlotte, Fla. She is a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 107 in Hammond, Indiana.

Sets up Illinois dental practice

CHICAGO - Dr. Michael A. Kos has established his practice in dentistry in Peru, Ill., a community in the Chicago area.

Dr. Kos is the son of Michael and Daria Kos of Palatine, Ill. His father is the president of Selfreliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Union in Chicago.

Dr. Kos was born in Fort Sill, Okla., in 1968, during his father's military service there. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, majoring in biology. After receiving a bachelor of science degree in 1990, he went on to the University of Illinois School of Dentistry, where in 1994 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery.

Dr. Kos completed his residency in general dentistry at Hines Veterans' Hospital and Loyola University Medical Center, in Maywood, Ill.

Dr. Kos is a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 22.

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