WHIPPANY, N.J. – For the second year in a row, the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies (Ridna Shkola) in Whippany, N.J., along with the Basil Tershakovec Foundation (founded in memory of the long-time history teacher at Ridna Shkola) have administered the New York University Ukrainian Language Proficiency Exam to students to enable them to satisfy their collegiate foreign language proficiency requirements, and in some cases, receive credits towards college graduation.
In 2014, Lesyk Gorloff (Lafayette University, class of 2018) and Mark Zawadiwsky (Boston College, class of 2018) successfully completed both the comprehensive exam (matura) at Lesia Ukrainka School and the NYU exam, resulting in successful fulfillment of their foreign language requirements at their respective colleges.
In 2015, Andrew Gavrysh (Rutgers, 2018), Katria Tomko (Lafayette, 2016) and Anastasia Julia Kowal (Penn State University, 2019) sat for the exam on May 27 and will soon receive their results. These students had also successfully completed the matura exam.
Ridna Shkola teachers Roman Brukh and Olha Maryn administered the exam, the results of which are valid for up five years after completion. The exam itself comprises several sections of English to Ukrainian and Ukrainian to English translation.
The Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies and the Basil Tershakovec Foundation will once again provide the opportunity for students to sit for the exam in the spring of 2016 and welcome students from all over the tri-state area to sign up. (Please look for advertisements for the exam in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly in the spring of 2016.)
Before taking the exam, students should confirm if their college will accept it and, if so, whether they will award credits towards graduation or at least allow them to satisfy their foreign language requirement.
For further information readers may contact Alexandra Zawadiwsky at [email protected].