SOMERSET, N.J. – The six recipients of the Ukrainian American Veterans Scholarship Awards for 2014-2015 were announced at the organization’s annual convention held here on October 2-4.
Mark Frederick Lewis of Florida, who attends Florida Atlantic University and is majoring in criminal justice received a $500 scholarship.
Anjelika Kuziv (Illinois), who attends University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign and is majoring in biology, and Alexander Geba (Massachusetts), who attends Merrimack College and is majoring in marketing, received awards of $400 each.
Grace Olivia Pereski (Georgia) who attends the University of Georgia and is majoring in marketing, Christina Nadia Vosbikian (Pennsylvania) who attends Princeton University and is majoring in public policy and foreign affairs, and Christiana Sophia Bej (Michigan), who attends Oakland University and is majoring in actuarial science, were each awarded $300 scholarships.
The UAV’s Scholarship Committee selects and awards scholarship money to undergraduate college students in order to help them pay for books or school supplies. Students are required to write an essay (400-500 words) about a current military topic; the latest topic was “What role or strategy should the United States take in its continued efforts in the war on terrorism?” Other criteria considered for a scholarship are academic achievement and extracurricular activities.
Students interested in applying for a UAV Scholarship Award should fill out an application, send their college transcript electronically (an unofficial copy will suffice), write an essay on the year’s military topic, and e-mail a high-resolution digital picture. Applications are available on the UAV website: www.uavets.org.
To be eligible for a UAV scholarship, applicants must be descendants of or related to Ukrainian American veterans. Students should be full-time undergraduate college students in a degree program. Students attending accredited trade schools or institutions that have a degree program are eligible as well. Students can apply while in their senior year in high school, as college attendance will be verified before the awards are given in the fall semester. Applications are accepted all year around and the deadline is August 31 of each year. Students may reapply for a scholarship.
Applications for the scholarship should be sent to the UAV National Scholarship Officer, Nicholas Skirka, 109 Windsor Terrace, Yonkers, N.Y., 10701. For additional information, readers may email [email protected] or call at 914-965-3707.
The UAV National Scholarship Committee members are: John Tkachuk, Peter Olijarczyk, Maksym Makarczuk and Russel Olijarczyk.