Marie Sklodowska-Curie Professional Women’s Association

2021 MSCPWA SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER Please see fundraiser card & mailing address in comments area. For further info. please visit CURIEWOMEN.ORG.

THE MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES THE 2020 WINNERS OF THE ANTHONY AND JOSEPHINE CHMURA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS. THEY ARE: OLIVIA CELINSKI, JOANNA PODESKA, AND WIKTORIA ZYSK. OLIVIA CELINSKI, A STUDENT AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, WILL RECEIVE HER BA DEGREE IN BUSINESS FINANCE IN JUNE 2021. HER CURRENT GPA IS 3.888. SHE WILL PROCEED TO RECEIVE HER MASTERS DEGREE. HER CAREER GOAL IS TO BECOME A FINANCIAL ANALYST. WHEN OLIVIA ESTABLISHES HER OWN C...OMPANY, SHE STATES I WILL PROVIDE FREE OF CHARGE FINANCIAL CONSULTATIONS PEOPLE IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS. .HER RESUME SHOWS HER TO HAVE STRONG LEADERSHIP ABILITY AND A DEDICATION TO HER POLISH COMMUNITY. SERVING AS A TEACHER AID IN ORDER TO HELP CHILDREN LEARN THE POLISH LANGUAGE IS JUST ONE OF HER NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLONIA OLIVIA STATES IN HER APPLICATION ESSAY I BELIEVE IT IS CRUCIAL TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. IT HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON SOCIETY, PEOPLE IN NEED RECEIVE SUPPORT AND THE VOLUNTEER ACQUIRES LIFE SKILLS AND REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE. JOANNA PODESKA OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, IS ATTENDING MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY MATRICULATING FOR A DEGREE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WHICH SHE WILL RECEIVE IN MAY, 2021. HER GPA IS 3.945. JOANNA STATES THAT ‘MY GOAL IS TO BECOME A SCHOOL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND WORK WITH POLISH STUDENTS IN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SHE IS THE RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS AWARDS HIGHLIGHTING HER ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS. IN HER APPLICATION SUMMARY SHE STATES,ONE THING THAT NEVER CHANGES IS MY DESIRE TO USE MY CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM I WILL BE INTERACTING AND GIVE BACK TO THE POLISH COMMUNITY. WIKTORIA ZYSK FROM MIDDLE VILLAGE, NEW YORK, IS A STUDENT AT WIDENER UNIVERSITY IN CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, PURSUING A DEGREE AS A NURSE PRACTITIONER. SHE WILL RECEIVE HER DEGREE IN 2023. HER CURRENT GPA IS 3.960 SHE STATES THAT HER MEMBERSHIP IN THE POLISH SCOUTING ORGANIZATION HELPED HER GROW. CULTURALLY AS A PERSON AND AS A LEADER. SHE HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER IN THE NICU PEDIATRIC AND AMBULATORY CARE AND INTERNED AT SKY HEALTH PHYSICAL THERAPY. SHE STATES IN HER APPLICATION ESSAY, GROWING UP. MY PARENTS RAISED ME WITH THREE CORE CORE MOTTOS TO LIVE BY. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD TO ‘BE SMARTER, DO BETTER AND DO MORE.’ ITS THIS IDEOLOGY THAT KEEPS MY MIND RACING A HUNDRED MILES PER MINUTE."

The Jury comprised of Bernadette O’Keefe- Chairperson, Irene Krulewski, Mary Wozniak, Dr. Jolanta Kulpa Gubernat, and Helen Lesnik picked the winners of the MSCPWA Annual Josephine and Anthony Chmura Memorial scholarship. A big thank you to Irene Krulewski for initiating this wonderful tradition on behalf of our Association. Due to the pandemic, we cannot award the scholarships personally, so we will do so via mail.... The 2020 MSCPWA Annual JOSEPHINE and ANTHONY CHMURA Memorial Scholarship recipients are: Joanna Podosek Wiktoria Zysk Olivia Celinski CONGRATULATIONS to ALL!!!

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Sadly, the 2020 Pulaski Parade will not take place this year. Here are some memories of the Marie Skodowska Curie Professional Women's Association participation in the 2019 General Casimir Pulaski Memorial Parade. The float was sponsored by Kearny Bank.

November 12th, 2019, Marie Skodowska Curie Professional women's Dinner Dance and Scholarship awards dinner. The winners of $2000 scholarship were Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Emilia Kacperek and Magdalena Kobeszko.