The American Hungarian Federation, through its Hungarian American Education and Cultural Preservation Fund (Amerikai Magyar Oktatási és Kultúrális Alap (AMOKA), supports scholarships to needy
Hungarian ethnic minority students from 5 countries... AHF Board Member Bela J.
Bognar, Professor Emeritus, founded the Hungarian Scholarship Fund (HSF) to finance the educational
needs of needy students of Hungarian descent. The HSF is a tax-exempt organization. HSF's goal is to fund students regardless of the educational areas they pursue. In the past and present, there have been and are students in medicine and health, law, theology, business, natural science, education, the humanities and the arts. Students funded are economically disadvantaged and live in Hungary and in the lands which were separated from Hungary at the Treaty of Trianon following WWI costing Hungary 2/3 of her territory, 1/3 of her Hungarian population and vast natural resources.
To date, almost 140 ethnic-Hungarian students from Hungary, Transylvania, Slovakia, Transcarpathian Ukraine, and Vojvodina, Serbia (Vajdasag in Hungarian, annexed by Serbia) have benefitted from the HSF. Students must show demonstrated financial need, academic excellence and be willing to stay in or near their communities to benefit them. Graduates have gone on to pursue a variety of disciplines. As of June 2012, over 50 recipients have completed their university studies. Many have gone on to master's degrees while others have studied medicine law, dentistry, computer science, engineering, education, the sciences, social work, and theology. In addition to AHF, other major Fund benefactors include Doris Buffett, sister of the famous investor, Warren, and head of the Sunshine Ladies Foundation.
Dr. Bognar, affectionately known as "Professor Paprika" as he raises scholarship funds through the annual sale of his own garden-grown peppers, also founded the Hungarian Ancestry Scholarship Fund at Wright
State University in the Fall of 1988. The HASF scholarships are available to students of Hungarian descent.
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For more information on the HSF:
Prof. Bela J. Bognar
7919 E. St. Rt. 55
Casstown, OH 45312
Tel: (937) 857-9704
Email: bela.bognar@wright.edu
HSF Graduates (as of June 2012)
Name |
Region |
Major |
1. Adorjan Zsofia |
Csikszereda, Romania |
Special Education |
2. Agyas, Yvette |
Bacska Topolya, Serbia |
Special Education |
3. Antal, Katalin |
Szekelyudvarhely, Romania |
Theologie-English |
4. Barabasi Sandor |
Marosvasarhely, Romania |
Medicine |
5. Bartha Laszlo |
Marosvasarhely, Romania |
Biology |
6. Biro Angelika |
Nagybereg, Ukraine |
Social Work |
7. Biro Zsuzsanna |
Bogoz, Romania |
Elementary Edu. |
8. Chizmar Melinda |
Visk, Ukraine |
Elementary Edu. |
9. Costach Eva |
Beszterce, Romania |
Architecture |
10. Csapo, Melinda |
Besenyszog, Hungary |
Medicine |
11. Csernjavszkij Sandor |
Feketepatak, Ukraine |
Social Work |
10. Danel Erika |
Csikszereda, Romania |
Business Admin . |
12. Dranik Reka |
Kolozsvar, Romania |
Linguistics |
13. Fekete Krisztina |
Csikszereda, Romania |
Creative Arts |
14. Fencik Veronika |
Kassa, Slovakia |
Business Admin |
15. Forro Krisztian |
Bacskossuthfalva, Serbia |
Preschool Edu. |
16. Gajdos Kati |
Munkacs, Ukraine |
Elementary Edu. |
17. Gecse Maria |
Sepsziszentgyorgy, Romania |
Religion |
18. Gorog Nikolette |
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18. Imecs, Emoke-Terez |
Szentegyhaza, Romania |
Instuctor of Arts & Design |
19. Jenei Klementina |
Orom, Serbia |
Hung. Language & Lit. |
20. Juga, Norbert |
Dicsoszentmarton, Romania |
Engineering |
21. Kapas Zsuzsa |
Kassa, Slovakia |
Biochemistry |
22. Kedves Narcisz |
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Mathematics |
22. Kiss Zsuzsa |
Backamadaras, Romania |
History of Geology |
23. Kovacs Tamas |
Miskolc, Hungary |
Medicine |
24. Lorincz Csaba |
Szentegyhaza, Romania |
Medicine |
25. Majoros Edina |
Satoraljaujhely, Hungary |
German Lit. |
26. Majoros Laszlo |
Satoraljaujhely, Hungary |
Chemistry |
27. Mathe, Antal Koppany |
Marosvasarhely, Romania |
Automatin Engineering |
28. Mathe, Eva |
Uzdiszentpeter, Romania |
Reformed Theology |
29. Rev. Mathe Zoltan |
Uzdiszentpeter, Romania |
Reformed Theology |
30. Meszaros Alpar Richard |
Backamadaras, Romania |
Math & Computer Science |
31. Molnar Margit |
Nagydobrony, Ukraine |
Social Work |
32. Molnar Zoltan |
Csonkapapi, Romania |
Physical Edu. |
33. Nagy Aranka |
Szentegyhaza, Romania |
Education |
34. Orosz Andrea |
Izsnyete, Ukraine |
Social Work |
35. Orosz Viktoria |
Izsnyete, Ukraine |
Social Work |
36. Papai, Gabor |
Beregszasz, Ukraine |
Reformed Theology |
37. Paracki, Teodora |
Szenttamos, Serbia |
Education |
38. Penzes Andrea |
Nagybecskerek, Serbia |
Music |
39. Sajtos Erika |
Fehergyarmat, Hungary |
Medicine |
40. Sebesi Attila |
Kezdivasarhely, Romania |
Engineering |
41. Siklaky Hanga |
Budapest, Hungary |
Social Work |
42. Siklaky Virag |
Budapest, Hungary |
Medicine |
43. Simai Szilvia |
Csengersima, Romania |
Social Psychology |
44. Szabo-Nagy Zsuzsa |
Gyergyoszentmiklos , Romania |
English/Communication |
45. Szalai Melinda |
Iregszemcse, Hungary |
Mental Hygiene |
46. Szappanos, Norbert |
Szatmarnemeti, Romania |
Computer Science |
47. Szert Boglarka |
Budapest, Hungary |
Law |
48. Szloboda, Reka |
Budapest, Hungary |
English |
49. Tamasi Csongor |
Kolozsvar, Romania |
Agri-Engineering |
50. Tar Istvan |
Beregszasz, Ukraine |
Physics |
51. Tarjanyi, Tamas |
Kecskemet, Hungary |
Opera Singer |
52. Father Topsi Balint |
Klezse, Csangofold |
Catholic Theology |
53. Toth Beata |
Csonkapapi, Ukraine |
Hungarian Language |
54. Vigh Csaba |
Kolozsvar, Romania |
Computer Science |
HSF Scholar Highlights
EVA COSTACHE-GEROCZI
Home: Beszterce, Transylvania (Rumania)
Eva graduated Magna Cum Laude (July 2003) from the Technical University of Budapest, Architecture. Was first in her class for four years. Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from the Anhalt University, Bernburg, Germany.
REKA DRANIK
Home: Cluj (Kolozsvar), Transylvania (Rumania)
Reka graduated in July 2003 from Babes - Bolyai University in Cluj, Transylvania (Rumania) Major: German, Japanese. Reka is considered a linguistic genius; she learned to read and write both in Hungarian and Rumanian while in preschool. In addition to those two native languages, she is fluent in German, Japanese, French and English and has reading knowledge in Chinese and several Slavic languages. In July of 2004, Reka earned her masters degree at the Babes-Bolyai University in Art and Languistics. Currently applying for Ph.D. Programs in Vienna and Freiburg.
LASZLO MAJOROS
Home:
Satoraljaujhely, Hungary
Laszlo graduated in July of 2003 from the University of Debrecen, Hungary, majoring in Chemistry. He was admitted to the University of Paderborn, Germany, and began working toward a Ph.D. in Chemistry in January, 2004. Laszlo does not have to pay tuition. His fiancée, Edina, was also admitted to the same university with a major in German. They were married in Fall of 2004.
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12/28/2004 - "Nehéz az a tudat, hogy sehol nemvagyunk igazán
otthon." A letter from Scholarship
recipient
Forró Krisztián:
"Tisztelt Dr. Szilágyi Pál!
Elöször is KELLEMES KARÁCSONYI ÜNNEPEKET kívánok
önnek,az egész
családjának és mindenkinek,akinek a segztséget
köszönhetem! Nagyon sokat jelentett az iskoláztatásomhoz
az a pénz összeg, amit Bélabácsival gyujtöttek.Vagy
jobbanmondva segítségként ajánlottak fel. Mind ahogy az önéletrajzomból kiderül Vajdasági
magyar diák vagyok. Erre mifelénk elég ínséges
idok járnak. Kormányválltás az elmúlt
idoben rengetegszer történt, ígéretek is elhangzottak
rengeteg helyrol még az anyaországból is. Sajnos
a kettös állampolgársággal kapcsolatos népszavazás
is
megbukott. Nehéz az a tudat, hogy sehol nemvagyunk igazán
otthon.Vajdaságbana szerbek nem fogadnak el minket, az anyaországban szintúgy.
Ezért is köszönöm, hogy ilyen távol is vannak
segítokész emberek. Remélem egyszer adódik
egy olyan helyzet, amikor ezt a segítséget meg tudom majd
hálálni! Mégegyszer Békés Szeretet
teli Karácsonyt kívánok!
ÖNÉLETRAJZ
Bácskossuthfalvi lakos vagyok,vagy ismertebb
nevén Ómoravica. A mit el kell mondanom a szüleimrol, hogy mindketten az egészségügyben
dolgoznak. Édesanyám, Éva egészségügyi
novér, édesapám László egészségügyi
technikus. Mindketten az ,,Otthon,, nevu állami intézményben
dolgoznak, ahol szellemileg fogyatékos emberek gondozásával
foglalkoznak.
A családi helyzetemet nézve,szüleimmel élek. Egyke
vagyok.1985 november
19-én születtem Bácska Topolyán. Az idén
töltöm be a tizenkilencedik életévemet. Az általános
iskolát Ómoravicán fejeztem kituno tanulmányi
eredménnyel. Majd a középiskolát a topolyai
Dositej Obradovic
Gimnáziumban, 4,07-es jeles tanulmányi eredménnyel.
Angol nyelvbol, magyar
nyelvbol és képzomuvészetbol érettségiztem.
Jelenleg a Szabadkai Óvóképzobe íratkoztam
be, önkölcségire.Amit még rólam tudni kell,
hogy nagyon szeretek sportolni, jártam küzdosportra is, és
imádok festeni, rajzolni, zobrászkodni, a képzomuvészet
minden részét. Ezért régi álmom, hogy
rajztanár legyek. Szeretnék gyerekekkel foglalkozni, átadni
minden tudásom, tapasztalatom és remélem sikerül
majd ezt valahogy megvalósítani.
Sokmindent az ómoravicai
muvésztelepen tanultam meg. Korongozást agyagozást.
Ezenkívül résztvettem egy 20 órás számítástechnikai
tanfolyamon, haladó szinten. Az idén egy második és
egy harmadik helyezést értem el kerámia illetve festmény
kategóriában a MIRK-en. Illetve a négy év középiskola alatt két évben én
kaptam az elso helyezést az iskola versenyen. Ezenkívül
sokat tevékenykedek a faluban, Teleházban.
Megpróbáltam a felvételit Pécsen a képzomuvészeti
akadémián, de úgylátszik, hogy oda a tehetségem
nem volt elég, de nem szeretném abbahagyni a rajzolást.
Rengeteg tanulni valóm van még csak szinte
lehetetlenség állami támogatásra bejutni itt
Szerbiában a képzomuvészeti akadémiára,mert
többnyire azok jutnak be akik az ottani tanárokhoz járnak
felkészítore és kifizetik az órákat.
Persze a szüleim anyagilag azt nem bírnák ezért
íratkoztam ovóképzobe, majd
onnan tanárképzobe szeretnék menni és így
rajztanár lenni. Ez az álmom már kis elsos korom
óta. Ezmellet szeretnék megtanulni angolul mert szerintem
a mai világba már nélkülözhetetlen. Most
a helyzetem
olyan, hogy bent kell laknom Szabadkán, és mivel önkölcségin
vagyok mindenért kell aránylag sokat fizetni. Ezért
is nagyon köszönöm a segítséget, mivel e
nélkül nehéz lett volna.
Tisztelettel: Forró Krisztián
Below are a few of the other programs
AMOKA has supported:
SUPPORTING HUNGARIAN SCHOOLS:
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5/12/2012 - AHF Donates Laptops to Zalaber Elementary School. Erika Fedor, AHF Social Committee Chair, presented the laptops to Albert Kiss, Principal of the Zalaber Elementary School. Also attending was AHF Associate President, Gyula Balogh and Zsuzsa Dreisziger heads of the Hungarian American Club in Hungary, AHF's sister organization.
The donation is part of a larger "Classrooms of the Future" project that bridges Hungarian middle-school students in Zalaber with American counterparts at McIntosh Junior High School in Sarasota, Florida. The funds came from AHF’s Hungarian American Education and Cultural Preservation Fund (AMOKA) and the 2012 Hungarian Charity Ball held on May 10 sponsored by AHF and the Hungarian Scouts of Washington.
- AHF supported the Hungarian School in tiny Hungarian Village in Slovakia. The school is located in a little ethnic Hungarian village of under 800 people, Vaján (or Vojany in Slovak after annexation following the Treaty of Trianon) in the Kassa District (Kosice) of Slovakia. Anti-Hungarian practices in Slovak state school registration and the Slovak Language Law forbidding the use of Hungarian in official business make it difficult for these historic communities to preserve their over 1000-year-old heritage. The smallest communities are the hardest hit and Church programs are the only option. Funds from the Hungarian May Ball co-sponsored by the Hungarian Scouts of Washington were targeted at this effort. [read more]
- The 2011 Hungarian Ball in Washington, DC, supported the Hungarian Reformed Church Nursery School in Bácskossuthfalva: Founded in 2005, this is the ONLY such school recognized by Serbian authorities. Despite the recognition, Serbia has refused to extend any financial support.
The school is under serious financial distress and your support is greatly needed and appreciated.
See the VIDEO INTERVIEW ( magyarul).
- AHF supported Hungarian Schools in the
Csango Regions. AHF held a gala event and honored Brother Csaba Bojte, whose incredible work resulted in
the establishment of eight homes for the abandoned Hungarian orphans in
Transylvania. In May 2005, he started building the first Hungarian School in
the Csango Region, where the Romanian policy of destruction of Hungarian
heritage is the strongest.100% of these proceeds went to Brother Bojte. [read more]
CULTURAL PRESERVATION:
- Preserving a proud past: Hungarians and Americans have been connected inextricably from the start. Americans of Hungarian descent
have fought and died in every American war since the War ofIndependence. Many of the Hungarian American heroes from countlessbattles are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
AHF established regular commemorations to preserve the memory of these brave souls and serve as an educational resource for future generations.2007 Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony
at Arlington National Cemetery, for example, included a wreath laying the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier and walking tour of Hungarian-American gravesites. [read more].
- AHF donated to the Rákóczi Szövetség (Rakoczi Foundation) supporting ethnic Hungarian communities in the Carpathian Basin. The donation was targeted at providing scholarships and other support to students and families in Slovakia. Anti-Hungarian practices in Slovak state school registration and the Slovak Language Law forbidding the use of Hungarian in official business make it difficult for these historic communities to preserve their over 1000-year-old heritage.
[read more]
- Hungarian Scouting - The
Magyar Cserkészszövetség, the primary national Scouting
organization of Hungary, was founded in 1912. Later, Hungary was a founding member of the World Scout Bureau in 1922. The first Hungarian National Jamboree in 1926 had 10,000 participants.
Hungary hosted the fourth World Jamboree in 1933 at the royal forest of
Gödöllo, outside Budapest, in which 26,000 Scouts from 54 nations
camped together. The camp chief was Teleki Pál, the member of the
International Committee who later became Prime Minister of Hungary. Scouting was well organized and popular
in Hungary until it was officially abolished by the Communist regime in
1948, but remained nascent underground. In 2007, proceeds from the Hungarian Ball in Washington helped helped ensure Washington Hungarian Scout participation
in the 21st World Scout Jamboree in England.
- Rebuilding Museum following the disaster of Hurricane Katrina: AHF distributed funds to the Arpadhon (Albany,
LA) Hungarian Settlement Historical Society (HSHS). Julia Bika of the
Louisiana Hungarians, who also suffered the wrath of Katrina, represented
AHF as our liaison to HSHS. The funds were used to rebuild the Society's main building that was damaged in the storm.
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