Polish Heritage Society Scholarships 2025

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(l. to r.) rear row: Jacob Lewis, Patrick Chrzanowski, Maximilian Lipski, Stanley Wolanin, Tyler Szajda
front row: Dr. Teresa G. Wojcik (Chair of the Scholarship Committee), Kevin Purcell, Mateusz Pytel, Diana Garderewicz,
Victoria Opiatowski, Mikolaj Kastelik, Alexander Gray (not present: Jozef Antoniak)
photo by Teresa G. Wojcik

Philadelphia Scholarships

On May 4, 2025, the Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia (PHSP) distributed this year's Scholarship Awards at a luncheon after Mass at the Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, PA. Funds for these scholarships are raised by the Society at various functions. This year there was a sizeable bequest was made by the family of Joseph Zazyczny, former Councilman in the City of Philadelphia, in his memory.

Dr. Teresa Wojcik, announced the scholarship recipients. She is a professor of Education at Villanova University and currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Education and Counseling. With Mary Kay Pieski she operates the non-profit Eagle-Orzel Educational and Cultural Exchange, Inc. which organizes summer English-language camps in Poland.

Each of the following students received a scholarship check for $1,500 dollars:

Jozef Antoniak - Fordham University, New York; Political Science
Patrick Chrzanowski - Penn State University, Mechanical Engineering
Diana Garderewicz - Arcadia University, Pennsylvania; pre-medical program
Alexander Gray - University of Kentucky, pre-medical program
Mikolaj Kastelik - accepted at several colleges, Data Science
Jacob Lewis - University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Social Studies
Maximilian Lipski - Penn State University, Mechanical Engineering
Victoria Opiatowski - Penn State University, Biomedical Engineering
Kevin Purcell - Penn State University, Business Management
Mateusz Pytel - Penn State University, Global Supply Chain Management
Tyler Szajda - Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Architecture
Stanley Wolanin - University of Northern Florida, International Diplomacy

Each student received a rose and the English translation of a biographical book about of Rudolf Modrzejewski (Ralph Modjeski), the chief engineer and builder of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia "Czlowiek z Pogranicza Epok" by Prof. Jozef Glomb. Each book held a bookmark that listed the accomplishments of the first Polish colonists at Jamestown Virginia, including their successful protest in 1619 which resulted in them getting full voting rights in the management of this English colony.

Information about these scholarships may be found on the Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia website: https://www.poles.org/PHSP/PhilaSchol.html

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(l. to r.) Rear row: Students: Patrick Chrzanowski, Jozef Antoniak Jacob Lewis, Kevin Purcell, Tyler Szajda, Mateusz Pytel, Maximilian Lipski, Diana Garderewicz,
Mikolaj Kastelik, Victoria Opiatowski, Stanley Wolanin, Alexander Gray; PHSP Board member: John Wisniewski
Front row: (Board Members PHSP) Janusz Romanski, dr. Teresa G. Wojcik (Chair of the Scholarship Committee), Teresa N. Wojcik, Jewls Teneva-Rogowska, Marie Hejnosz,
Diana Blichasz, Hon. Consul RP for Southeastern Pennsylvania Deborah "Debbie" Majka, President of the PHSP Peter J. Obst

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