Fundraiser for National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy

[Diana Howansky]

Kyiv Mohyla Foundation to host fundraiser for premier Ukrainian university

WHAT:  Kyiv Mohyla Academy Fundraiser and Awareness Event
WHEN:  Saturday, February 17, 5:30 pm
WHERE: Ukrainian American Cultural Center,
60 North Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07981
Reservations/information: 973-585-7175

The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America will hold a series of fundraisers 
for the benefit of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy 
(NUKMA) in five American cities during the month of February: 
Washington DC; Whippany, New Jersey; Chicago; Warren, Michigan; and 
Philadelphia.

The event in the New York/New Jersey area will be held Saturday, 
February 17, 5:30pm at the new Ukrainian American Cultural Center in 
Whippany. “The center is a stunning, new facility,” noted the 
foundation’s executive director Marta Farion during a recent trip to New 
Jersey, “and we are honored to be among the first organizations to host 
an event here.”

Each city's program will feature remarks by Kyiv Mohyla Academy 
president Dr. Vyacheslav Briukhovetsky, as well as by academicians and 
leaders from each community. A new film about the university and its 
progress will be shown. Dr. Briukhovetsky looks forward to answering 
questions about the work of the university.

Encourage high school and college students to come to Kyiv Mohyla

In particular, the foundation encourages parents with high-school and 
college-age students to attend with their children and consider the 
possibility of a summer or semester abroad in Kyiv at the Kyiv Mohyla 
Academy. “Though we seek to raise funds for Kyiv Mohyla,” said M. 
Farion, “no less important to us is the spark we hope to ignite in young 
Ukrainian Americans – to encourage the possibility that they can live in 
and travel to Ukraine not just for brief vacations, but for education as 
well.”

Foundation President Ihor Wyslotsky recently noted, "A distinguished 
institution of higher learning in Ukraine, the National University of 
Kyiv Mohyla Academy essentially remains a private institution and 
therefore depends on the continuing moral and financial support of the 
North American Ukrainian diaspora and other private donors. We are 
committed to further encouraging and sustaining the dramatic rebirth of 
this unique institution, a remarkable effort undertaken by Dr. 
Viacheslav Briukovetsky in 1991, and to help facilitate the university’s 
important role in educating Ukraine's next generation of leaders."

Ticket prices are $40 per person; $20 for students 18 and under. 
Reservations also may be made by contacting the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation 
of America at 773-685-1828, or by email at mail at kmfoundation.com or by 
electronic reservation and payment by credit card on PayPal on the 
foundation's website at www.kmfoundation.com.

The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit 
organization established to support and assist the National University 
of Kyiv Mohyla Academy.


-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1208, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies at columbia.edu
http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/courses/ukrainian_studies_program.html

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