Prairie Center embarks on campaign to endow diverse academic programs (02/18/01)

Prairie Center embarks on campaign to endow diverse academic programs

SASKATOON - The Prairie Center for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage at St. Thomas More College has embarked on a five-year fund-raising campaign to endow various academic programs and community-based initiatives.

Commenting on the initial response of the community to the campaign, Don Gorsalitz, head of development at STM, said, "I am impressed by the high level of support and commitment from various individuals in the community. If this continues, we can well expect to meet and exceed our target of $1.25 million."

To date the PCUH campaign has attracted financial commitments of over $850,000. Major supporters include the former lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan Dr. Stephen Worobetz and Michelene Worobetz, University of Saskatchewan Professor Emeritus Dr. Victor Buyniak, the Millennium Bureau of Canada, Mary Yacyshyn and the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko.

PCUH Director Dr. Bohdan Kordan noted the importance of having funds in place to ensure that the center is able to fulfill its mission. "Programs cost money. If we are to ensure that Ukrainian studies at the University of Saskatchewan and in the province are maintained, we will need generous financial support of the whole community," Dr. Kordan stated. Some of the PCUH's current programs are an oral history project, archives project, artist/writer-in-residence program and various upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

The Prairie Center for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage, an academic unit of St. Thomas More College, builds on the 50-year history of Ukrainian studies at the University of Saskatchewan by bringing together partner institutions, agencies and individuals who are committed to preserving, documenting and celebrating the legacy of Ukrainian Canadians as nation-builders.

For more information call Dr. Kordan at (306) 963-8900, e-mail [email protected], or visit the website at http://www.usask.ca/stm/pch.

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