Olana Lovell - UCU Community Leadership Award winner

Our fifth winner of the UCU Community Leadership Award is Olana Lovell. 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.

Olana Lovell is a 2nd year student at McMasters Bachelor of Nursing Studies Program. She spends some of her free time volunteering as a Big Sister for the “In-school Mentoring Program” at St. Patrick’s Catholic Elementary school in Hamilton. She is also a member of the McMaster Ukrainian Students’ Club, the Barvinok Dance School, and the Ukrainian Youth Association – Mississauga branch where she helps out as a counsellor at the Veselka Summer Camp.

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.