Fraternity-Testvériség, 1999 (77. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1999-10-01 / 3. szám
FRATERNITY Page 23 As one of its many fraternal benefits, the HRFA offers a one-time financial assistance of $500 to our young members who are in pursuit of a college education. It is intended that this scholarship be applied towards the cost of tuition, fees, books, or room and board. All students who fulfill the following requirements may apply: 1. Must have been a member of the Federation for at least five years immediately preceding date of application for scholarship. He or she must be a member of good standing, i.e., applicant’s policy reflects no arrears in dues, and policy is not lapsed, matured or surrendered. 2. Should be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate day student in an accredited four-year college or university. The scholarship is not available to firstyear college students. It is only granted to those who are in their 2nd, 3rd or 4th year and have earned good grades for the courses completed. 3. The applicant must contact his or her branch manager or the Home Office to receive an application form. Once the student completes the form, he or she should send it to the branch manager or the Home Office together with a grade report. The Home Office will review, approve and process the application and send the check to the applicant. We thank our Branch Managers for recommending these many fine young people for the Student Aid & Loan Fund of the HRFA, and for making them aware of this important benefit of our fraternal society. Catherine M. Bucsi, Member of Branch 31, was recommended by Branch Manager Emma Aros. Catherine is in her 4th year and has been working while attending school to help pay for her school expenses. She is pursuing a degree in Community Health Services at Ohio University. She and her family members have always been very good and supporting members of the HRFA. Alicia Ann Dudash, Member of Branch 67: “Now that I am in college - Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania - I find that there is little time for anything other than studying. Since I was a sophomore in high school, I have worked at the same local pizza shop to help pay for college. Any free time after school and work I usually spend with my family or checking up with friends on Sundays. I attend church with my family. My goal in life is to graduate from college with a degree in rehabilitation services. I would love to be able to help people to get their lives back on track. I believe that this profession is a very rewarding and meaningful one. I hope that whatever I do will make my family proud. I consider my family to be the most important aspect in my life. This is why I chose the career path that I did. With rehabilitation, you are able to restore not only the patient’s life but also the patient family’s life. I hope that I have shown you that I am a hardworking and determined individual who is really interested in reaching these goals. I thank the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America for granting me this scholarship and my appreciation also to Branch Manager Helen Szuch for recommending me for this award.” Susan L. Ecsi, Member of Branch 62: “Thank you for your generous donation which will help pay for the coursework that will enable me to finish my graduate degree. I am in my final year of graduate school at Purdue University. I am pursuing a Master of Science degree in applied mathematics and statistics. While completing my degree, I have taught developmental mathematics at the university for the past two years. I work closely with non- traditional students, i.e., older students who have come back to school after being away for a number of years. I am especially interested in finding out how students learn and think about math. Because of this, I volunteered to
