Student from Ukraine wins PR scholarship

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Public Relations Roundtable awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a local graduate student studying public relations, according to the Business Wire news service. The winner is Nataliya Popovych of San Jose State University.

Ms. Popovych expects to graduate from San Jose State in June of 2003 with a master's degree in public relations and plans to continue her career in public relations in her native Ukraine. She already has nearly three years of experience in the field, having worked as an account manager for the Ukrainian office of Romyr & Associates, a Canadian public relations firm, and also as a copywriter and public relations coordinator for the advertising firm Leo Burnett Ukraine.

Ms. Popovych also is winner of the prestigious Muskie Fellowship and maintains a 4.0 grade point average at San Jose State.

She was chosen by a panel of San Francisco Public Relations Roundtable members through personal interviews. The scholarship program was established in 1990 in memory of Philip M. McCombs, the group's founder and late owner of Allen's Press Clipping Bureau. Since its inception, the scholarship program has awarded $22,250 in scholarships to 28 students.

The San Francisco Public Relations Roundtable is the oldest professional organization for senior-level public relations practitioners in the United States.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, December 23, 2001, No. 51, Vol. LXIX

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