UTS presents annual scholarships (08/24/03)

UTS presents annual scholarships

PITTSBURGH - The Ukrainian Technological Society of Pittsburgh presented its annual scholarship awards at a Scholarship Awards Social on Sunday, August 3, in the auditorium of the Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

Students, parents, UTS members, donors and friends were welcomed by Debra A. Walenchok, president. Then, Scholarship Committee Chairman Nickolas C. Kotow discussed the scholarship application review criteria and some of the characteristics of the better applications. Scholarships of $500 each were presented as follows.

Eric Senedak of Austintown, Ohio, received the Chester Manasterski Memorial Scholarship sponsored by Olga Manasterski and sons, Myron and Gregory; Gretchen Anne Reinhart of Carnegie, Pa., received the Ukrainian Selfreliance of Western Pennsylvania Federal Credit Union Scholarship; and Alexandra Lynn Sawchuk of South Park, Pa., was presented the Pavlo Havryluk Memorial Scholarship sponsored by Ihor Havryluk and Mrs. Havryluk.

Receiving Akim and Tatiana Kutsenkow Memorial Scholarships, sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kutsenkow, were Ryan Patrick Baessler of Carnegie, Pa.; Alexander Begey of Baden, Pa.; and Paul Filenko and Andrea Germansky, both of Pittsburgh.

The society presented its own scholarships to Susan Alstad of Gibsonia, Pa.; Timothy Hancher of Youngstown, Ohio; Andrea Metil of Pittsburgh; Michael Polnyj of North Huntingdon, Pa.; and Jeffrey Ronosky of Georgetown, Pa.

A special outreach scholarship was presented by the UTS to Oleksandr Svyryd of Hadyach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, who will be attending Oxford University in England to study European and comparative law.

A scholarship in honor of the Very Rev. Canon Wasyl Dzydzora, former pastor of St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, was presented to Nicholas J. Bodak of Youngstown after the ceremonies.

Concluding the program, Mrs. Walenchok thanked all the donors to the UTS Scholarship Fund; Kateryna Dowbenko of the Pitt Slavic Languages and Literatures Department for making reservations for use of the facilities, and Michael Komichak, host of the Ukrainian Radio Program for over 53 years, for making publicity announcements. The guests were then invited to enjoy light refreshments and conversation in the courtyard.

In 32 years of its Scholarship Program, the Ukrainian Technological Society has made 296 awards totalling $120,500 to 215 students, predominantly from the tri-state area comprising Western Pennsylvania west of Altoona, the West Virginia panhandle and neighboring areas of Ohio.

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