Natalia Sandul - UCU Community Leadership Award winner

Natalia Sandul is the ninth winner of the UCU Community Leadership Award. 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.

Natalia Sandul is in the 5th year of a Concurrent Teacher Education Program in Music at the Faculty of Music at University of Toronto. She is a choir member at St. Demetrius Church and helps out with church events like Yarmarok. She is also a member of the Ukraina School of Arts dance ensemble. She was an active member of CYM where she applied her musical talents as a music instructor for the 5-14 year-old members of the organization.

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 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.