Rox Chwaluk - UCU Community Leadership Award winner

The next winner of the UCU Community Leadership Award is Roxolana Chwaluk. 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.

Rox is in the 1st year of the Master of Education program at Brock University. She also holds a bachelor of Education and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree, both from Brock University. Rox has a lot of experience as an organizer and participants in many workshops and conferences, particularly as a key organizer and session leader of the 8th Annual North American Bhopal Conference. You can read more about her volunteer work in both India and Jamaica on the UCU Blog “Building Communities”. Rox is a past vice-president of MYHO Toronto and a past President of the Brock Ukrainian Students’ Club.

You can read more about Rox in a previous Spotlight we published on her Spotlight on Roxolana Chwaluk.

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.