UTS Scholarship Awardees
2020
July 27, 2020 – The Ukrainian Technological Society of Pittsburgh, PA announces the following recipients of its 48th Scholarship Program. Including this year’s 27 awards, the Society has made 512 awards to 312 different students residing in the Pittsburgh- tristate area, totaling $243,200. The Society has IRC 501(c )(3) status, and donations to the UTS Scholarship Fund are accepted throughout the year.
Sofiya Bidochko (Export)- The Maria Hulai Lion Foundation Scholarship ($1,000)
Cyril Sheptak (Butler) – Ukrainian Selfreliance of W. Pa. FCU Members’ Funded Scholarship ($1,000)
Nicholas Hladio (Bradford Woods)- Michael and Anna Komichak Memorial Scholarship ($500)
Pani Yimost’ Inna Hohosha (Pittsburgh)- Chester and Olga Manasterski Memorial Scholarship ($500)
Sophia Charron (Carnegie)- Ukrainian Cultural Trust Choir of Western Pennsylvania Scholarship ($500)
Yuriy Korenovskyi (Carnegie)- Ukrainian Selreliance of W. Pa. Federal Credit Union Scholarship ($500)
Victoria Swindle (Greentree)- Ukrainian Technological Society Founders’ Scholarship ($500)
Receiving $500 Ukrainian Technological Society Scholarships were:
Maria Charron (Carnegie)
Alexander Konecky (Greentree)
Yaryna Korenovska (Carnegie)
Petro Pavlyshyn (Carnegie)
Iryna Luchynyn (Carnegie)
Anna Swindle (Greentree)
Receiving $250 Ukrainian Technological Society Scholarships were:
Andrew Buckholt (South Park)
Andrianna Cycak (Moon Township)
Kateryna Czuczman (Pittsburgh)
Stanislav Davyda (Scott Township)
Alexander Hladio (Bradford Woods)
Roman Hladio (Bradford Woods)
Katarzyna Goebel (Sewickley)
Magdalene Goebel (Sewickley)
Monika Karpa (Carnegie)
Maranda Kuzemka (Scott Township)
Irina Lutsiv (Carnegie)
John Nasevich (Pittsburgh)
Dmytri Rakovan (Baden)
Marissa Yourstowsky (Canfield, OH)
Sofiya Bidochko (Export)- The Maria Hulai Lion Foundation Scholarship ($1,000)
Cyril Sheptak (Butler) – Ukrainian Selfreliance of W. Pa. FCU Members’ Funded Scholarship ($1,000)
Nicholas Hladio (Bradford Woods)- Michael and Anna Komichak Memorial Scholarship ($500)
Pani Yimost’ Inna Hohosha (Pittsburgh)- Chester and Olga Manasterski Memorial Scholarship ($500)
Sophia Charron (Carnegie)- Ukrainian Cultural Trust Choir of Western Pennsylvania Scholarship ($500)
Yuriy Korenovskyi (Carnegie)- Ukrainian Selreliance of W. Pa. Federal Credit Union Scholarship ($500)
Victoria Swindle (Greentree)- Ukrainian Technological Society Founders’ Scholarship ($500)
Receiving $500 Ukrainian Technological Society Scholarships were:
Maria Charron (Carnegie)
Alexander Konecky (Greentree)
Yaryna Korenovska (Carnegie)
Petro Pavlyshyn (Carnegie)
Iryna Luchynyn (Carnegie)
Anna Swindle (Greentree)
Receiving $250 Ukrainian Technological Society Scholarships were:
Andrew Buckholt (South Park)
Andrianna Cycak (Moon Township)
Kateryna Czuczman (Pittsburgh)
Stanislav Davyda (Scott Township)
Alexander Hladio (Bradford Woods)
Roman Hladio (Bradford Woods)
Katarzyna Goebel (Sewickley)
Magdalene Goebel (Sewickley)
Monika Karpa (Carnegie)
Maranda Kuzemka (Scott Township)
Irina Lutsiv (Carnegie)
John Nasevich (Pittsburgh)
Dmytri Rakovan (Baden)
Marissa Yourstowsky (Canfield, OH)
2019
Thanks to the financial support of the Ukrainian Community, the Society was able to award sixteen (16) scholarships, totaling $10,000 this year. There were four (4) scholarships of $1,000 each, and twelve (12) of $500 each. The Ukrainian Community is invited to attend the Scholarship Awards Social on Sunday, July 28, 2019 beginning at 3:00 PM in the auditorium of the Frick Fine Arts Building, on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA. Please come to meet and to encourage these young Ukrainian students, the future leaders of our Ukrainian Community. Light refreshments will be served in the atrium following the scholarship presentations, a time to socialize with the students.
The scholarship recipients are:
- Maria Smereka
- Yaryna Korenovska
- Michael Kochis
- Nikolai Goebel
- Marissa Yourstowsky
- Monika Karpa
- Katarzyna Goebel
- Alexander Konecky
- John Nasevich
- Andrianna Cycak
- Kateryna Czuczman
- Stanislav Davyda
- Irina Lutsiv
- Marika Olijar
- Dmytri Rakovan
- Cyril Sheptak
This is the 47th year of the UTS Scholarship Program. With this year’s awards, the Society has awarded 485 scholarships to 298 different students, totaling $232,200. The Society thanks the Ukrainian Community for its continued support.
2018
On Sunday, August 5, 2018 the UTS awarded 14 students scholarships at a ceremony at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.

The scholarship recipients were:
- Michael Kochis
- Stanislav Davyda
- Dmytri Rakovan
- Nicholas Hladio
- Nicholas Spak
- Kateryna Czuczman
- Katarzyna Goebel
- Ostap Lutsiv
- Michael Yourstowsky
- Yaryna Korenovska
- Kateryna Kocelko
- Andrianna Cycak
- Artem Dobrochynsky
- Monika Karpa
2017
On Sunday, July 30, 2017 the UTS awarded 14 students scholarships at a ceremony at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.
The scholarship recipients were:
- Alexander Lischak
- Nicholas Hladio
- Dmytri Rakovan
- Michael Kochis
- Yaryna Korenovska
- Nicholas Spak
- Michael Yourstowsky
- Allison Cross
- Kateryna Kocelko
- Mikaela Kapeluck
- Kateryna Czuczman
- Katarzyna Goebel
- Juliana Kochis
- Alexander Popichak
2016
On Sunday, August 7, 2016 the UTS awarded 15 students scholarships at a ceremony at Posvar Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.
The scholarship recipients were:
- Ostap Lernatovych
- Christina Pierko
- Allison Cross
- Matthew Yourstowsky
- Andrew Sywy
- Michael Kochis
- Kateryna Czuczman
- Katarzyna Goebel
- Juliana Kochis
- Ostap Lutsiv
- Victoria Diana
- Maria Kalymon
- Nikolai Goebel
- Nicholas Patoray
- Paul Yasnowski
2015
On Sunday, August 2, 2015 the UTS awarded 13 students scholarships at a ceremony at Posvar Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.
The scholarship recipients were:
- Juliana Leis
- Katarzyna Goebel
- Stephanie Russick
- Amanda Bellock
- Gregory J. Markiw
- Juliana Kochis
- Maria Kalymon
- Allison Cross
- Nicholas Spak
- Michael Kochis
- Victoria Cycak
- Christina Pierko
- Mikaela Kapeluck
2014
On Sunday, August 3, 2014 the UTS awarded 10 students scholarships at a ceremony at Posvar Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.
The scholarship recipients were:
- Juliana Kochis
- Michael Kochis
- Maria Kalymon
- Allison Cross
- Kateryna Czuczman
- Ostap Lernatovych
- Stephanie Russick
- Andriy Lasiychuk
- Christina Pierko
- John C. Pierko
2013
On Sunday, August 4, 2013 the UTS awarded eight students scholarships at a ceremony at Posvar Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.
The scholarship recipients were:
- Mykola Zayats
- Maria Kalymon
- Michael Kochis
- Bohdan Mykhailiv
- John C. Pierko
- Gregory Markiw
- Andriy Lasiychuk
- Anna Lernatovych