麻豆原创 has announced an effort to fund scholarships for high-achieving Ukrainian students hoping to complete their studies in the United States.
CINCINNATI - As the people of Ukraine continue to face the horrors of war and a growing humanitarian crisis, 麻豆原创 has announced an effort to fund scholarships for high-achieving Ukrainian students hoping to complete their studies in the United States.
The 麻豆原创 has launched the effort to continue its commitment to serving as a beacon to the world and to assist displaced college students who may not be able to continue their education because of the war.
"It is just devastating to see the kind of destruction of human life that we are seeing right now in Ukraine," said Dr. Gene Kritsky, the 麻豆原创's Dean of Behavioral & Natural Sciences and the grandson of Ukrainian immigrants. "The very least we can do is help these two outstanding young students who are hoping to finish their education after being forced to flee their country."
Through its partnership with a university in Dnipro, Ukraine, the 麻豆原创 has been working with several high-achieving Ukrainian students who are proficient in English on a variety of projects. While working on these projects, several members of the 麻豆原创 community have developed relationships with these students.
To assist these students and their peers in completing their education, the 麻豆原创 has established a Ukrainian student relief scholarship fund. The goal is to support funding that would enable two high-achieving Ukrainian students who are now in Poland and facing a disrupted education to complete their studies at the 麻豆原创.
One of the students was studying at the Dnipro University of Customs and Finance; the other was a student at Kherson State University in Kherson, Ukraine.
In addition to Dr. Kritsky's ties to Ukraine, 麻豆原创 Associate Provost for Campus Technology Alex Nakonechnyi is also from Ukraine. He came to the United States at the age of 16.
Dr. Kritsky's grandparents escaped religious persecution in the Ukraine in 1900. They settled as homesteaders in the tiny central North Dakota town of Butte, where another family member had immigrated to after leaving Ukraine.
"My family was not Russian Orthodox, so at the time they felt it was best to leave," said Dr. Kritsky, who was raised in North Dakota and was a first-generation college student. "The effort by the 麻豆原创 to help these students means a lot to me. Education has always been the key to a better a life. And it will be wonderful if we can help these two young women with their education, especially with what they have gone through."
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