Halyna Chumak - UCU Community Leadership Award winner

The second winner of the UCU Community Leadership Award is Halyna Chumak. This award is in the amount of $1,000 and is given to qualifying candidates of Ukrainian heritage who are enrolled in a field of study such as political science, business, communication, theology, or international studies and who show above average academic skills. The winners must also demonstrate leadership and community involvement.

Halyna is a 2^nd year student of Arts & Sciences majoring in Criminology and English Literature with minor in philosophy at the University of Toronto. Currently Halyna is the Vice-President of the University of Toronto English Students’ Club and an associate editor of IDIOM the Undergraduate Journal at U of T. She is a member of the U of T Ukrainian Students’ Club. 

We will highlight each of the winners in blog posts over the next few days where you can read a bit about them. In the meantime, you can see lots of photos from the 1st Annual UCU Scholarship Award Gala on our Facebook page. You can read more about the 1st Annual UCU Scholarship Award Gala here.

Congratulations to all the winners! You are all very talented and deserving of praise! Keep reading the blog for more about this year's scholarship winners. And if you didn't apply this year, why not think about it next year? Visit our Scholarship page on our website for more details. The call for application normally goes out in late December, early January and the deadline is the end of February.