Students Then & Now

Mariya Makovetska

Rinat Akhmetov Foundation for the Development of Ukraine

UCU graduate Mariya Makovetska (’05) is now team manager of the Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization Department of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation for the Development of Ukraine in Kyiv.

Roman Zaviyskyy

Oxford PhD

A 1999 graduate, Zaviyskyy now teaches at UCU and in July 2011 became the first Ukrainian citizen to defend a doctorate in theology at Oxford University.

Egor Reznichenko

Summer Philosophy, 2011

Egor Reznichenko, a student at the St. Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academy, took part in UCU’s 2011 Philosophy Summer School.

Father Stepan Sus

Director of Lviv’s Center for Military Chaplaincy

Father Stepan Sus is the director of the Center for Military Chaplaincy of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv, Ukraine. He has also helped establish chaplaincy programs for children living in orphanages and other state-run institutions.

Olha Bosak

UCU graduate, 2004

“Development of intellectual capacity, exploring your hidden talents, building personality with a strong moral values system. That is what an UCU education is all about. Women may benefit the most from it; not …

Vasil Stefaniv

Graduate who returned to teach at UCU

“Small universities are better because the students get more attention. Now as a teacher, I understand that this is also a benefit for the teacher.”

Sr. Romana Musenko

Student of UCU’s Institute of Leadership and Management

Overseeing the repair of a large building, taking care of orphan children, and maintaining a monastic prayer life is not always easy (!). However, Sr. Romana, a nun of the Order of St. Joseph, does her best.

Oleksandra Vakula

1st UCU graduate to earn a doctorate, in 2006

“UCU provided the basics, the fundamentals for graduate studies. In particular it gave us the tools, like languages, Latin, Greek, English. We were very well-prepared when we came to Rome…”