UNA awards $52,550 in scholarships for 1998-1999 (07/12/98)

UNA awards $52,550 in scholarships for 1998-1999

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The Ukrainian National Association's Scholarship Committee has awarded the 1998-1999 UNA Scholarships to 195 undergraduate students. The total allocated was $52,550.

The Committee met on Monday, June 29, to review 237 applications. Thirty-eight (38) were rejected because of incomplete documentation and four applications were denied review since they did not meet all required criteria of eligibility.

Scholarship grants to 195 students were allocated as follows: one at $2,000, five at $750, nine at $500, 13 at $400, 102 at $300 and 65 at $100.

Special awards were given to the following:

The Joseph and Dora Galandiuk Scholarship of $2,000 to Ulana Chabon of Frackville, Pa., a member of Branch 242 who is majoring in chemical engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. This special scholarship was set up by Dr. Susan Galandiuk in memory of her deceased parents, who resided in Ellenville, N.Y.
The Anthony Dragan Memorial Scholarship of $750, named for the longtime editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian-language daily newspaper Svoboda, was awarded to Michelle Swahla of Piscataway, N.J. The Branch 170 member is a student at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz., where she is majoring in TV Broadcasting.
The Roman Slobodian Memorial Scholarship of $750, given in honor of the longtime UNA supreme treasurer, was awarded to Natalia Basladynsky of Broadview Heights, Ohio, a member of Branch 240. A student at John Carroll University of Cleveland, she is majoring in economics.
The Vera Stangl Scholarship of $750 was awarded to Andrew Sawula of Melrose Park, Ill., The Branch 125 member is a music education major at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In her testament, Ms. Stangl had bequeathed funds to the Ukrainian National Association for a scholarship in memory of her late father, Prof. Joseph Stetkewicz, a former editor of the Svoboda daily.
The Joseph Wolk Memorial Scholarship of $750, a bequest given primarily for the education of Lemkos, was awarded to Roman Stanchak of Randolph, Vt., a Branch 238 member who is majoring in mathematics at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
The Bohdan Zorych Memorial Scholarship of $750, in honor of the late supreme vice-president for Canada, was designated for Paul Biszko of Etobicoke, Ont., a member of Branch 888 who is a commercial studies major at the University of Western Ontario.

Scholarships of $500 each, funded by the Ukrainian National Home Corp. of Blackstone, Mass., for students from the New England area were awarded as follows:

Pasha Bilyj of North Providence, R.I., a Branch 241 member majoring in elementary education at Rhode Island College.
Elizabeth Ellington of Arnold, Md., a member of Branch 206 in Woonsocket, R.I., who will major in architecture at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.
Lillie Marsland of Springfield, Mass., a Branch 59 member majoring in surgical technology at Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, Mass.
Kenneth Payette of Woonsocket, R. I., a Branch 206 member planning to major in business studies at Rhode Island College.
Erica Rychwalski of Medway, Mass., a Branch 256 member majoring in business management at the Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y.

Members of the UNA Scholarship Committee include UNA executive officers, auditors and advisors. Present at the meeting were: UNA President Ulana M. Diachuk, Vice-President Anya Dydyk-Petrenko, Secretary Martha Lysko, Auditor Stefan Hawrysz, Advisor Alex Chudolij and The Ukrainian Weekly Editor-in-Chief and Advisor Roma Hadzewycz.

Barbara Bachynsky of the UNA Organizing Department, who prepared all preliminary information on the applicants, also attended and reported to the Scholarship Committee.