February 23, 2018

Ukrainian FCU recognizes educator and awards graduate scholarships

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Alex Oryshkevych

At the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union’s awards ceremony (from left) are: Oleg Lebedko (CEO, Ukrainian FCU), Wasyl Kornylo (president and board chairman, Ukrainian FCU), Vladimir Tokarchuk, Maryana Zakharchishin, Dr. Christine Hoshowsky, Tamara Denysenko (president, UAC Foundation, and board member, Ukrainian FCU), and Roman Omecinskyj (CFO, Ukrainian FCU).

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ukrainian-American Community (UAC) Foundation recognized Dr. Christine Hoshowsky, president of the Rochester Ukrainian Group, with a Certification of Recognition and Appreciation for her community support and generous donations of $2,000 to the UAC Foundation Graduate Scholarship Fund.

Vladimir Tokarchuk, a biomedical engineering student at the University of Rochester, and Maryana Zakharchishin, a family nurse practitioner at St. John Fisher College, each received a $1,000 scholarship award.

The presentations were made on January 27.

Evhen Lylak, Ed.D. (Rochester Institute of Technology), Olena Prokopovych, Ph.D. (Nazareth College), and Olenka Dilai (Monroe Community College) served on the Graduate Scholarship Committee.

In 2016, the UAC Foundation established a graduate scholarship program for highly motivated Ukrainian FCU members pursuing a variety of advanced degrees. Olga Bilokin, Tanya Bucierka, Roman Kowalchuk, Olenka Masny and Nataliia Vasylchuk were the first graduate scholarship recipients.

In addition to the two $1,000 Ukrainian FCU-funded scholarships, Dr. Hoshowsky funded two $1,000 Rochester Ukrainian Group Centennial Scholarships. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harris, donated $1,000 for a Memorial Graduate Scholarship in honor of Mr. Harris’s parents, Paul and Lorraine Harris, who established the Harris Funeral Home over 70 years ago in Rochester.

Dr. Hoshowsky was born in Vienna and immigrated to the U.S. with her family in 1949. She lived, worked and retired in Rochester and Irondequoit, N.Y. A teacher, volunteer, community leader, organizer, founder and dedicated activist who has worn several hats over the years, Dr. Hoshowsky served her community in various capacities. More recently, as the historian of the Ukrainian Centennial Committee of Rochester, Dr. Hoshowsky garnered support and laid the foundation for the Centennial Monument at the Irondequoit Town Hall.

Today she serves as president of the Rochester Ukrainian Group, Inc. (RUG) and is a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society of America. Dr. Hoshowsky is a long-time member of Ukrainian FCU and the Undergraduate Scholarship Committee.

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