Three students receive Terech Scholarship (02/18/01)

Three students receive Terech Scholarship

NEW YORK - In September 2000 the Michael Terech Scholarship was awarded to three undergraduate students: Roman Stanchak, a senior at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, in the amount of $2,000; Galina Alexeenko, senior at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., in the amount of $2,000; and Yelena Bobyar, a junior at the Haas Business School at the University of California at Berkley, in the amount of $1,000.

Mr. Stachak of Randolph, Va., is majoring in computer science and has already constructed two websites. He is a Presidential Scholar from the state of Vermont. His current project is to automate the detection of celestial bodies by computer. He is a two-time Terech Scholarship recipient.

Ms. Alexeenko of Krasnoarmisk, Ukraine, is majoring in economics. She arrived in the United States in 1996 as a recipient of the Freedom Support Act academic scholarship. She plans to return to Ukraine upon completion of her studies. She also is two-time Terech Scholarship recipient.

Ms. Bobyar of Cherkasy, Ukraine, is majoring in finance/accounting. She was a recipient of Freedom Support Act academic scholarship and attended high school in Santa Rosa, Calif.

All the applicants were required to submit work samples if applicable, transcripts of all undergraduate work, autobiographies as well as 500-word essays on a contemporary Ukrainian topic of their choice.

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

Information requests about the scholarship may be faxed to the Ukrainian Institute of America at (212) 288-2918 or retrieved from its website at http://www.brama.com/uia/terech.html.

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