Terech Scholarship is awarded to two journalism students (09/28/97)

Terech Scholarship is awarded to two journalism students

NEW YORK - The Michael Terech Scholarship was awarded in August to two undergraduate students: Zenon Zawada, a senior at the American University in Washington, in the amount of $4,000; and Colleen Carey, a senior at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, in the amount of $1,000.

Mr. Zawada of New York is majoring in international studies with a minor in communication. He has written for four newspapers, including the Baltimore Sun and more recently The Washington Post. Mr. Zawada will spend the fall semester studying at Kyiv State University. He plans to become a newspaper reporter upon graduation.

Ms. Carey of Loudonville, N.Y., is a third-generation Ukrainian American. She is majoring in magazine journalism. Ms. Carey writes for the university newspaper and enjoys writing about music.

All applicants were required to submit work samples, transcripts of all undergraduate work, an autobiography as well as a 500-word essay on a contemporary Ukrainian topic of their choice.

The Michael Terech Scholarship, administered by the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City, was founded in November 1995 by the Reuters news service as a tribute to its employee and his work with the Ukrainian institute. The scholarship is for undergraduate-level, U.S.-based journalism students of Ukrainian heritage. Reuters will donate $5,000 annually to maintain the fund.

Information requests about the scholarship may be faxed to the institute at (212) 288-2918.

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