bohdan @ August 14, 2010 # No Comment Yet
I recently read an article about Ukrainian attitudes towards independence and creativity in the Kyiv Post by Yuliya Popova with great interest.
Since I helped found the USA/USA Program which helps talented students from Ukraine earn full four year college scholarships, I have some personal insights of my own on this topic.
Our students come [...]
bohdan @ June 12, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Bocharova, Iryna, 12.30.1991 Zaporizhzhia, Lycée No. 99 class of ’09. Iryna ranked first in her class during as a FLEX student at Portage Northern HS, Michigan (07-08). Silver medalist at the oblast level French Olympiad 08-09. She also had the highest score on our internal English exam.
Herasymchuk, Yevhen, 10.24.1993 Vinnitsa, Physics Mathematical [...]
bohdan @ June 12, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The USA/USA Program held its annual seminar in late July and early August 2009 for ten students. This highly sought after seminar, held since 1992, helps graduating seniors and younger Ukrainian high school students apply to American colleges and college preparatory high schools around the world.
The ten seminar students this year were selected from one [...]
admin @ March 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet
On April 19, 2009 The Ukrainian Weekly published an article “CCAU Elects New Board, Focuses on Education.” The Coordinating Committee to Aid Ukraine, or CCAU is a not-for-profit umbrella organization comprising the USA/USA Program and other initiatives. You can find this article on page 8 of The Ukrainian Weekly online edition by following this link
http://www.scribd.com/full/14348749?access_key=key-29522gcavhy0kfof7nkt
admin @ February 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
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USA/USA alumni, scholars and volunteers are saddened by the death of Anastasiya Baburova, a journalist of Novaya Gazeta and an alumna of the USA/USA Seminar 2000. The brave journalist was murdered along with Stanislav Markelov, a human-rights lawyer, in Moscow. Even nine years ago in her application materials to our program Anastasiya showed [...]
admin @ January 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
We have long wanted to share some food for thought with our readers. Please take a look. Here we have three very interesting pieces that touch on educational policies and educational prospects of Europe and Ukraine.
Lisbon Council Policy Brief: European Human Capital Index in Western Europe
‘Some countries are courting disaster by allowing their human capital [...]