Ukrainian Folklore Program announces award winners (10/08/00)

Ukrainian Folklore Program announces award winners

EDMONTON - The Ukrainian Folklore Program at the University of Alberta on September 15 presented its annual student awards. The ceremony was held in conjunction with award presentations in the department of modern languages and cultural studies, where the program is housed.

The Ukrainian Folklore Program is the only one if its kind in North America, and it has attracted students from around the world. The University of Alberta offers B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Ukrainian folklore, as well as joint programs combined with other disciplines tailored to match the goals and research interests of individual students. The program's course offerings explore genres in oral and customary lore, material culture and folk arts and theory and history of folkloristics.

Thanks to generous donations from a variety of sources, a range of awards have been established to support the work of students in the Ukrainian Folklore Program.

The Ukrainian Self-Reliance League Award in Ukrainian Folklore is presented annually to undergraduate students with the best academic record in Ukrainian Folklore courses This year's award recipients are Greg Borovetz, Melanie Hnatiuk and Barbara Hergot.

The Kawulych Family Award is awarded annually to the graduate student in Ukrainian Folklore with the best academic record. This year's award winner is Monica Jensen, a Ph.D. student from San Francisco, who is currently researching the lives of Ukrainian pioneer women in Alberta at the beginning of the 20th century.

The St. John's Institute Award in memory of Samuel F. Woloshyn is awarded to a full-time graduate student to assist in research related to the study of the cultural, organizational, and/or social life of Ukrainians in Canada. This year's winner is Anna Kuranicheva of Cherkasy, Ukraine, who is investigating Ukrainian pop culture in Canada.

The Ivan Franko Scholarships in Ukrainian Folklore are based on the Kuryliw Family Endowment Fund, established by Wasyl and Anna Kuryliw and their family, supplemented with donations from many other individuals. It is specifically designed to support graduate students in the Ukrainian Folklore Program through graduate assistantships, usually for two academic terms. The assistantships provide basic living expenses for graduate students and involve some work as a research assistant

The Ivan Franko Scholarship recipients for 2000-2001 are: Andriy Chernevych of Chernivtsi, Ukraine; Vita Holoborodko of Chernivtsi, Ukraine; Monica Jensen of San Francisco; Sergiy Morgovskyi of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; and Roman Shiyan of Zaporizhia, Ukraine.

An additional assistantship award for graduate students in Ukrainian Folklore is made available thanks to a donation from the Friends of the Chair of Ukrainian Culture. This year's recipient of the award is Sogu Hong of Seoul, South Korea.

The Ukrainian Folklore Program student awards are administered by the Huculak Chair of Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography, the first endowed chair in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. The establishment of the Huculak Chair was made possible by a major donation from Erast and Lydia Huculak as well as other donors. Dr. Andriy Nahachewsky is the holder of this special professorial position. In addition to teaching and research duties, he oversees many projects connected to the Chair: Ukrainian- and English- language publications; research projects in Canada and Ukraine; organization of conferences and seminars; and management of the Ukrainian Folklore Archives.

Those wishing further information about the Ukrainian Folklore Program may contact: Huculak Chair of Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography, 200 Arts Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E6; e-mail,ukrfolk@ualberta.ca; website, www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ukrfolk/.

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