Journalism students awarded Terech Scholarship (10/06/96)

Journalism students awarded Terech Scholarship

NEW YORK - The Michael Terech Scholarship was awarded in August to two undergraduate journalism students: Jodie Valade, a senior at the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, in the amount of $3,000; and Colleen Carey, a junior at Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communica-tion, in the amount of $2,000.

Ms. Valade of Rochester Hills, Mich., is a third-generation Ukrainian American currently active on her school newspaper and interested in sports journalism. Her great-grandmother was also a journalist. Over the summer, Ms. Valade completed an internship with the San Bernardino (Calif.) Sun covering a minor league baseball team.

Ms. Carey of Loudonville, N.Y., also is a third-generation Ukrainian American. She plans to major in magazine journalism. Ms. Carey also writes for the university newspaper and enjoys writing about music.

All the applicants were required to submit work samples, transcripts of all undergraduate work, an autobiography as well as a 500-word essay on a contemporary Ukrainian topic of their choice.

The Michael Terech Scholarship, administered by the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City, was founded in November 1995 by the Reuters news agency as a tribute to their employee and his work with the UIA. The scholarship is for undergraduate-level, U.S.-based journalism students of Ukrainian heritage. Reuters will donate $5,000 annually to maintain the fund.

Information requests about the scholarship may be faxed to the institute, (212) 288-2918.