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Fellowship Fund Report1999For the fourth consecutive year the Washington Group Fellowship Fund is sponsoring a summer internship at the Embassy of Ukraine. Applications are being accepted through April 21st. The joint TWG-Ukrainian Embassy project was established in 1996 in keeping with the Fellowship Fund's tradition of sponsoring internships, research or study in the nation's capital. The project has been beneficial for TWG, the embassy and for the participating interns. The first intern was Helena Zyblikewycz of Georgetown University. Among other things, she helped the embassy prepare for the Washington visit of then-prime minister Pavlo Lazarenko. The intern during the summer of 1998 was Alexandra Richardson of Marquette University. During her internship she helped translate various documents, including the independence day letters exchanged between President Kuchma and President Clinton. Last year, Taras Seryy of John Carroll University in Cleveland assisted the embassy with computer-related tasks. Each intern received a grant of $1,500. This year's internship opportunity was advertised in TWG News and The Ukrainian Weekly, at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and on the TWG web site. These announcements also provided information about contributing to the fund. I would like to thank the following persons for their contributions to the fellowship fund in 1988: Yuri Deychakiwsky ($250), Yaro Bihun ($200), Irene Jarosewich ($100), Olena Boyko ($100), Maria Kulczycky ($500). The total amount contributed was $1,150. A matching grant for Maria Kulczycky's contribution is pending from Fannie Mae. The Fellowship Fund account balance is $2,911.76. A $300 grant has been approved for Bella Sideman of Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine--currently a student in North Carolina--to participate in a summer internship at the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe in Washington, D.C. |
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