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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2017 WWW.UNWLA.ORG 7 Luba Bilowchtchuk (1993–2002) Mission statement: "Enhance and create opportunities through education and preserve Ukrainian cultural heritage within and outside of the United States of America." In 1993 Luba Bilowchtchuk was elected UNWLA Scholarship Standing Committee Chair. She held this position until 2002. As Scholarship Program Chair, she became responsible for the development of scholarship activity in Ukraine and worked with SUU, then under the leadership of Athena Pashko, and other trustworthy persons, including Tamara Melnyk in Kyiv, who not only recommended students but also assumed responsibility for them. It was during Luba’s tenure as Scholarship Program Chair that the fifth report booklet was published for the years 1993–2001. In 1993 a SUU Scholarship Commission was created in Kyiv. The commission comprised presidents of all Oblast Councils of SUU, who receive recommendations for scholarships from their branches. The first president of the commission was First Vice President of SUU Iryna Kravchuk (1993– 1996); the second was Alla Debeliuk, who served in this capacity from 1996 to 2014. Both were very dedicated and responsible women. It was during this time that the SUU Commission became partners of the UNWLA Scholarship Program. During her tenure as Scholarship Program Chair, Luba Bilowchtchuk visited Ukraine many times. In 2001 Luba visited Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) and some cities in Crimea, where we also had students. Accompanied by M. Orysia Jacus and Lydia Chernyk, she had the opportunity to meet not only with the students but also with the persons who recommended them. In 1997 the office of the Scholarship Program moved from the private home of the Krawczuks to a rented office in Matawan, New Jersey. The administration of the new office was carried out by Victoria Mischenko. The number of Program members, scholarships, and volunteers increased. M. Orysia Jacus, Maria Polanskyj, Christine Izak, Olga Trytyak, then president of UNWLA Anna Krawczuk (as consultant), and volunteers from Branch 98 worked tirelessly and without financial compensation. All of these women, moreover, themselves became sponsors of scholarship students. During Luba Bilowchtchuk's term in office, the Scholarship Program was recognized and acknowledged by many individuals and organizations here and abroad. Program leaders received many Certificates of Gratitude in Ukraine. In celebration of the program’s 30th anniversary in 1998, the World Congress of Ukrainians awarded the Medal of St. Volodymyr the Great to all program chairs as well as to individual members for their outstanding contributions: Anna Krawczuk, Maria Chymynec, Dr. Teodozia Sawyckyj, Sophia Andrushkiw, Vera Mycio, and Luba Bilowchtchuk. A WCU citation recognized their contributions and leadership of thirty continuous years of helping Ukrainian students in South America, Europe, and in Ukraine. In 2000 Luba Bilowchtchuk, M. Orysia Jacus and UNWLA President Iryna Kurowyckyj visited the Santa Olga Institute and Boarding School in Prudentopolis, Parana, Brazil. They were greeted by Bishop Jeremiah Ferens who met them and at the airport in Curitiba. Bishop Jeremiah, an alumni of the UNWLA Scholarship Program, became the Archbishop of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church for South America. Luba Bilowchtchuk with Bishop Efraim Krevey of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil (1994) Люба Більовщук із Єпископом Е. Кривим із Куритиби, Парана, Бразилії (1994)
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