YONKERS, N.Y. – The Ukrainian American Veterans (UAV) 73rd annual National Convention will be a virtual one, to be held November 5-7. The recipients of the UAV Scholarship Awards are announced at the annual convention. The UAV National Scholarship Committee selects and awards scholarship money to matriculated undergraduate college students. The purpose of the scholarship awards is to help students pay for tuition, books and/or school supplies.
Students are required to write an essay (400-500 words) about a current military or related topic. The topics for this year included: the war on terrorism, human rights, the negative effects of wars on American veterans, Russian aggression on sovereign countries, and Ukrainian American veterans’ contributions to America’s wars. Students chose one of these five topics to write their essay.