THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

The UNA's Soyuzivka resort hosts annual teachers' seminar

by Halyna Pliaka

KERHONKSON, N.Y. - Nineteen teachers from schools of Ukrainian studies in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Connecticut attended the annual teachers' seminar held at the Ukrainian National Association's Soyuzivka estate on July 24 through August 6, 2005.

Courses encompassed Ukrainian history, language, literature and culture; instructors during the seminar included Dr. Eugene Fedorenko, president of the Educational Council and organizer of its teachers' seminars - Mykola Francuzenko, George Gajecky and Ihor Mirchuk.

The teachers' seminar, already in its 21st year, provides both for the training of new teachers and the upgrading of teachers' qualifications.

One of the participants of the seminar, Halyna Pliaka of Parma, Ohio, noted that although the teachers spent the majority of their time attending lectures, "we were pleasantly surprised by Soyuzivka - the forests and the mountains, which reminded us of our Carpathians .... we felt very much at ease among all this nature."

The courses were held with the financial assistance of the Ukrainian National Association as well as Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union, Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union, Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union (Philadelphia), The Heritage Foundation (Chicago), Ukrainian Free University Foundation, SUMA (Yonkers) Federal Credit Union, Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union and Self Reliance (New Jersey) Federal Credit Union.

- translated by George Gajecky

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 1, 2006, No. 1, Vol. LXXIV

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