UNA awards $70,300 in scholarships for 1997-1998 (08/03/97)

UNA awards $70,300 in scholarships for 1997-1998

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Ukrainian National Association's Scholarship Committee has awarded $70,300 in scholarships to 186 undergraduate students.

The committee met on Monday, July 21, to review 228 applications. (Forty-two were rejected because of incomplete documents.)

Scholarship grants the 1997-1998 academic year were awarded to 186 students. The awards were allocated as follows: one for $2,500; five for $1,000; three for $800; five for $700; one for $600; 34 for $500; 32 for $400; 55 for $300 and 50 for $200.

Special awards were given to the following:

The Joseph and Dora Galandiuk Scholarship of $2,500 was to Alexander Kollias of Elkins Park, Pa. (Branch 239), a chemistry and mathematics major at Drexel University in Philadelphia. This special scholarship was set up by Dr. Susan Galandiuk in memory of her deceased parents, who resided in Ellenville, N.Y.
The Anthony Dragan Memorial Scholarship of $500, named for the long-time editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian language daily newspaper Svoboda, was awarded to Jennifer Uihlein of Hicksville, N.Y. (Branch 327), a media and communications major at Fordham University in New York.
The Roman Slobodian Memorial Scholarship of $500, given in honor of the long-time UNA supreme treasurer, was awarded to Renata Kosc of North Royalton, Ohio (Branch 240), an economics and international relations major at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
The Vera Stangl Scholarship of $500 was awarded to Taisa Skulsky of Philadelphia (Branch 153), a metropolitan studies major at New York University in New York. In her testament, Vera Stangl had bequeathed funds to the Ukrainian National Association for a scholarship in memory of her late father, Prof. Joseph Stetkewicz, a former editor of the Svoboda daily.
The Joseph Wolk Memorial Scholarship of $500, a bequest given primarily for the education of Lemkos, was awarded to Orysia Duplak of Camillus, N.Y. (Branch 39), an accounting and economics major at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y.
The Bohdan Zorych Memorial Scholarship of $500, in honor of the late UNA supreme vice-president for Canada, was designated for Marc Marzotto of Windsor, Ontario (Branch 341), a commerce major at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
Scholarships funded by the Ukrainian National Home Corp. of Blackstone, Mass., for students from the New England area were awarded as follows: $1,000 to Bruce Burak of Woonsocket, R.I., an education major at Rhode Island College; $1,000 to Jason Hardink of Slatersville, R.I., a piano performance major at the Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio; $500 to Karen Hardink of Slatersville, R.I., a psychology major at Keene State College, Keene, N.H.; $500 to Kenneth Payette of Woonsocket, R.I., who will major in business at Western New England College, Springfield, Mass. All four award recipients are members of UNA Branch 206 in Woonsocket.
Awards for academic excellence during the past school year were given to: Dariya Bidnyk of New York City (Branch 184), a computer science major at Pace University in New York; Nadia Sawicki of Holliswood, N.Y. (Branch 450), a biomedical ethics major at Brown University in Providence, R.I.; Katherine Moroz Smith of Morris Plains, N.J. (Branch 172), a political science major at Drew University in Madison, N.J. Each award was in the amount of $1,000.

Members of the UNA Scholarship Committee include UNA executive officers, auditors and advisors, and the editor-in-chief of Svoboda. Present at the July 21 meeting were: Secretary Martha Lysko, Treasurer Alexander Blahitka, Auditor Stefan Hawrysz and Advisors Roma Hadzewycz and Alex Chudolij.

Barbara Bachynsky of the UNA Organizing Department, who had prepared all preliminary information on the applicants, also attended and reported to the committee.

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