PARSIPPANY, N.J. – This year, the Ukrainian National Association celebrates the 125th anniversary of its founding on February 22, 1894, in the small town of Shamokin, Pa., where 10 brotherhood organizations united to form a new united organization – the Ukrainian National Association. Following this unification, the UNA began to expand and grow, and today the UNA is one of the oldest and most supportive Ukrainian organizations in North America.
Ensuring the growth of the fraternal association, the UNA never withheld its financial support of worthwhile community goals – having been and continuing to being an organizer and sponsor of numerous cultural, educational, sports/health and religious programs. Since its founding, the UNA has donated more than $2 million for the education of Ukrainian youth.
This year, the UNA Scholarship Committee has designated scholarships and awards to 44 UNA members – students attending universities in the U.S. and Canada. The total dollar amount of scholarships was $11,200, of which $5,000 was awarded for special scholarships. The UNA Scholarship Committee reviews the special scholarship applications, which are graded based on academic performance, field of study, financial need of the student and the applicant’s active involvement in the Ukrainian community.
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Christina Gluch. Galandiuk Scholarship. UNA Branch 277. Seaton Hall University
The Joseph and Dora Galadiuk Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 was awarded to Christina Gluch (Branch 277). Ms. Gluch is an honor student studying biology at Seton Hall University. She was born and grew up in an active Ukrainian family, with much of her life intertwined with Ukrainian diaspora culture and heritage. Since the age of four, she has been a member of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, having participated in various camps and completed all of the associated ranks from youth scout to camp leader. Ms. Gluch completed her Ukrainian language education and enjoys speaking Ukrainian. In the future, she hopes to work in the medical field as an optometrist.
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Maria Bandriwsky. Jarosewycz Scholarship. UNA Branch 360. Loyola University
The Drs. Maria, Dmytro and Olha Jarosewycz Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 was awarded to Maria Bandriwsky (Branch 360). Ms. Bandriwsky is an honor student studying psychology at Loyola University. She is a graduate of the Vasyl Stus School of Ukrainian Studies, and she considers Ukrainian as her native language, which she speaks with her family. She is a longtime member of the Ukrainian American Youth Association, and is a member of the UAYA national board. The previous summer, Ms. Bandriwsky participated in a camp for displaced children and orphaned children (whose parents had died in the war in the Donbas) in Ukraine. For more than 10 years, she has performed with the Hromovytsia Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. She hopes to one day become a doctor of psychology.
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Daria Hrynewycz. Wolk Scholarship. UNA Branch 777. Loyola University Chicago
The Joseph Wolk Scholarship in the amount of $750 was awarded to Daria Hrynewycz (Branch 777). A graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep., Ms. Hrynewycz has been accepted to Loyola University. In her application, she recounted her experience in Ukraine in the village of Brukhovych in Lviv Oblast, where she taught English at an English-language summer school course for students of the Ukrainian Catholic University. From her experiences in Ukraine, she highlighted her Ukrainian patriotism and how dear all things Ukrainian are to her.
The Vera Stangl Scholarship in the amount of $750 was awarded to Gunnar Sadowey (Branch 25). He is an honor student in journalism at Samford University, where he has engaged himself in student life. He writes articles for the university newspaper “The Crimson,” and was selected for the London Core Texts summer study abroad program (one of 19 students selected). Mr. Sadowey is proud of his Ukrainian heritage and culture.
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Gunnar Sadowey. Stangl Scholarship. UNA Branch 25. Samford University
The Ukrainian National Home Corp. of Blackstone, Massachusetts, Scholarship in the amount of $500 was awarded to Nataliya Savchuk (Branch 59). A graduate student at Temple University, studying kinesiology, Ms. Savchuk is passionate in learning about the workings of human body mechanics in motion and she is convinced that in life people need to work toward moving forward and striving to achieve all of life’s possibilities. Ms. Savchuk dreams of one day becoming a doctor of physical therapy.
The regular scholarship awards were distributed to 39 UNA student members, based on year of study. Eleven freshmen received $125 each, 11 sophomores $150 each, nine juniors received $175 each and eight seniors (or those in their final year of study) received $200 each.
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Nataliya Savchuk. Blackstone Scholarship. UNA Branch 59. Temple University
The Ukrainian National Association congratulates all of this year’s scholarship recipients and wishes them a strong Ukrainian spirit and many continued successes on life’s journey.
The UNA reminds all the scholarship recipients to continue their active membership, by subscribing to its publications – Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly – and to regularly visit the Soyuzivka Heritage Center, as well as signing up your family and friends to become members of the UNA.
As the future leaders of the UNA, you have an opportunity to take advantage of all the fraternal benefits that membership in the UNA offers and with your participation to give back in the preservation of Ukrainian culture and heritage.
Additional information and UNA scholarship applications can be found on the UNA’s website, www.unainc.org or telephone, 800-253-9862 ext. 3035.
$200 SENIORS
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Parker Chase. UNA Branch 5. University of Buffalo
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Zachary Coulson. UNA Branch 465. Queen’s University
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Joseph Kuchta. UNA Branch 368. University of Mississippi
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Zenon Lewyckyj. UNA Branch 174. University of Michigan
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Andriy Semeniv. UNA Branch 269. Hudson County Community College
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Nicholas Stefurak. UNA Branch 116. University of Pittsburgh
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Alexander Vasyl Tomko. UNA Branch 73. The Ohio State University
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Julianna Walchuk. UNA Branch171. Fordham University
$175 JUNIORS
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Zachary Cybyk. UNA Branch 15. The Ohio State University
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Chloe Diakiwsky. UNA Branch 161. Berklee College of Music
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Nicholas Drozd. UNA Branch 240. The Ohio State University
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Amanda Godfrey. UNA Branch 142. Middlesex College
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Nicholas Hladio. UNA Branch 161. University of Toronto
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Alexander Kowinko. UNA Branch 59. Sacred Heart University
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Mark Macios. UNA Branch 161. Syracuse University
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Danya Pankiw. UNA Branch 432. Queen’s University
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Ivan Yanovskiy. UNA Branch 59. Westchester Community College
$150 SOPHOMORES
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Matthew Bach. UNA Branch 88. Loyola University Maryland
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Zoryana Duda. UNA Branch 7. Lehigh Corban Community College
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Adam Godfrey. UNA Branch 142. Manhattanville College
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Mark Kachai. UNA Branch 171. Rowan University
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Alexa Kolakoski. UNA Branch 362. Northeastern University
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Catherine Lee. UNA Branch 13. SUNY Cobleskill
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Adam Oscislawski. UNA Branch 234. Rice University
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Juliana Paslawsky. UNA Branch 42. Ramapo College of NJ
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Rebecca Poston. UNA Branch 112. Franciscan University of Steubenville
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Grace Robinson. UNA Branch 112. Roanoke College
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Matthew Stefurak. UNA Branch 116. University of Pittsburgh
$125 FRESHMEN
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Andrew Jaremko. UNA Branch 304. Canisius College, Buffalo NY
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Anna Kosachevich. UNA Branch 269. New York University
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Zorian Kovbasniuk. UNA Branch 171. Kean University
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Marianna Lechman. UNA Branch 452. University of Western Ontario
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Abigail Matejko-Lima. UNA Branch 234. Syracuse University
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Daniel Olivette. UNA Branch 42. Rutgers University
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Maya Pankiw. UNA Branch 432. McMaster University
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Alexander Pidzamecky. UNA Branch 432. McMaster University
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Surf Sadowey (UNA Branch 25) Stamford University
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Roman Weremijenko. UNA Branch 216. Penn State University
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Kyril Yurchuk. UNA Branch 70. Cooper Union College