Fulbright Program in Ukraine names a new director (09/17/06)

Fulbright Program in Ukraine names a new director

KYIV - Myron O. Stachiw has been appointed director of the Office of the Fulbright Representative in Kyiv, it was announced here by the Embassy of the United States.

Dr. Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak will step down from her position as director after seven years of dedicated and distinguished service to the Fulbright Program in Ukraine.

"We thank Dr. Chomiak for her leadership and commitment to the values of the program and her success in establishing a strong office staff and an effective Fulbright alumni organization in Ukraine," the U.S. Embassy noted in a press release issued on September 11.

Mr. Stachiw is a specialist in American social history and architectural history, as well as anthropology, historic preservation and archaeology. He has spent the last two years in Ukraine as a participant in the Fulbright Scholar Program, teaching historic preservation at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and Taras Shevchenko National University. He has also been engaged in projects relating to Ukraine's cultural heritage and the impact of the Chornobyl disaster.

Before taking up his Fulbright fellowship, Mr. Stachiw was on the faculty at Roger Williams University and worked as an independent consultant on cultural history and preservation, particularly in New England. He holds degrees from Brown University and Boston University, and speaks Ukrainian fluently.

Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program is the most prestigious international program for exchange of scholars funded by the United States government. The mission of the Fulbright Program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

Since its opening in Ukraine in 1992, more than 200 Ukrainians have completed a year of academic research in the United States and over 120 Americans have conducted scholarly work and teaching in Ukraine.

Fulbright Program grants are awarded on a rigorously competitive basis to individuals selected on the basis of academic excellence and professional qualifications.

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