We are pleased to announce that, due to an unprecedented number of outstanding scholarship submissions, the Croatian-Canadian Scholarship Fund has awarded four (4) scholarships and one (1) bursary for the 2013/2014 school year. The funds have been awarded in order to help further the education of full-time post-secondary students in Canada.
Congratulations to each of the recipients.
Nikolina, who is pursuing her Master in Biostatistics at Carleton University after completing her Bachelor of Mathematics, has achieved a remarkable academic record. She has been an active member of NCRCFE “Croatoan” in Ottawa since childhood and continues to teach tamburica and folklore, while still an active performer in the group. Nikolina looks forward to becoming an influential statistician in the analytics field.
Peter, who is pursuing his Law Degree at McGill University, has an extensive scholastic record after having graduated from the prestigious Harvard University and studied at Oxford University and L’Institut d’Études Politique de Paris. He has won countless academic awards, written several published papers and continues to volunteer his time with various non-profit and academic organizations.
Nicholas, who is pursuing his PdD in Kinesiology at McMaster University, has an outstanding academic record in his pre and post-graduate programs. He has been a volunteer in several worthwhile philanthropic organizations and can be seen teaching tamburica as well as playing tamburica in the well-known Tamburaški Sastav ‘Frajeri”. We look forward to seeing Nicholas become a professor in the field of Ergonomics.
Kristina, who is pursuing her Law Degree at the University of Ottawa, recently graduated with a Master of Science from Western University and has a achieved a remarkable academic record. She has been an active member of the Croatian community in London through her volunteer
efforts on and off campus and her active involvement in church, soccer and Folklore Ensemble “Dubrovnik”.
Igor, who is pursuing his Master of Financial Economics at the University of Toronto, has achieved an outstanding academic record. He was awarded several business and leadership awards both in his undergraduate and postgraduate programs at McMaster and U of T. Igor has been actively involved in the Hamilton Croatia soccer program and looks forward to completing his academic program to become an economist.
