Washington, D.C. – Fifteen students were awarded the Dr. Elemér and Éva Kiss Scholarship Awards for the 2018-2019 academic year. The winners are:
Luca Csanády, pursuing a Master’s Program in International Business at Hult International Business School in San Francisco, CA ; Zoltán Csikós, studying at the University of North Texas School of Music in Denton, TX; Zsombor Csuport, enrolled at Siena Heights University in Adrian, MI; Janka Deli, admitted to Stanford University’s Stanford Program in International Legal Studies (SPILS); Ramóna Győrfi, pursuing undergraduate studies in Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL; Benedek Kiss, an undergraduate student in Physics at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain GA; Sarolta Lukovszky, a freshman studying Sport Management at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO; Nino Obanor, an undergraduate student in Computer Information Systems at the University of Missouri St. Louis in St. Louis, MO; János Perczel, a PhD student in Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA; Barna Szász, pursuing graduate studies in Documentary Film and Video at Stanford University in Stanford, CA; Enikő Tóth, studying Psychology at Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles, CA; Domonkos Vámossy, a PhD student in Economics at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA; Anikó Viktória Varga, pursuing a PhD in Psychology at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH; Mariann Varga, a graduate student in International Policy at Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies in Stanford, CA; and Máté Vincze, attending Master of Fine Arts in Graduate Filmmaking at New York University New York, NY.
The Dr. Elemér and Éva Kiss Scholarship Program was established as a special memorial scholarship by the family and friends of Dr. Elemér and Éva Kiss, of Chevy Chase, MD. Dr. and Mrs. Kiss, members of the Coalition since its founding in 1991, left Hungary after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and settled with their family in Maryland. They demonstrated a life-long commitment to education both in Hungary and in the United States.
The Hungarian American Coalition first established the Scholarship Fund in 1997, in response to requests from a large number of Hungarian students who had gained acceptance to American colleges and universities, but needed additional financial assistance to complete their studies. Since then, the Coalition has provided partial scholarships each year to outstanding Hungarian students who pursue full-time studies in the United States. The scholarship is given to those who have already won admission to a U.S. university. For more information, visit our website at www.hacusa.org.