Washington, DC – Ten students were awarded the Dr. Elemér and Éva Kiss Scholarship Awards for the 2020-2021 academic year. The winners are:
Lea Bagi, an undergraduate student pursuing the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program at Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA); Enikoe Bihari, enrolled at Duke University, Nicholas School of Environment (Durham, NC); Dezső Farkas, an MBA student at Babson College (Wellesley, MA); Zsombor Ferencz, pursuing undergraduate studies in Engineering at Purdue University (Lafayette, IN); Norbert Gogan, admitted to Washington State University (Pullmann, WA) studying English and Physics; Tamás Nagy, pursuing undergraduate studies in Sport Management and Marketing at Roberts Wesleyan College (Chili, NY); Dániel Necz, admitted to Harvard Law School’s LL.M. Program (Cambridge, MA); Dániel Rácz, attending a Master of Laws Program at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL); Alexandra Szabó, a PhD student in History at Brandeis Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Waltham, MA); and Anikó Viktória Varga, pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH).
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.