This scholarship is awarded to a high-achieving student, who has a Ukrainian background, and is from Northern Ontario This award was established with a bequest from Nipissing Alumna Stephanie Balanchuk Patterson. Stephanie graduated from the North Bay Normal School in 1949. What an exciting career she had. She took full advantage of every opportunity to travel and experience life that came her way. She had taught in the UK and all over Ontario. She experienced every grade from kindergarten to high school. She continued her education, receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Queens and shifted her education focus to high school and guidance. After finally retiring in 1986, she moved into a beautiful waterfront home with her sister Mary.
Complete a Nipissing University Application for Entrance Awards, available on our website in early March. Deadline: May 1.